Chaos as 300 schoolchildren storm UK shopping centre and overwhelm security guards | UK | News

Milton Keynes became a scene of mayhem after hundreds of rowdy schoolchildren rampaged through a shopping centre. The chaotic scenes were filmed and shared on social media, including a tense standoff between the children and security guards.

In one clip, a security guard is seen bodyslaming a child to the floor, before a crowd of youths surrounded him. The eruption of disorder came on the eve of the Easter bank holiday.

Thames Valley Police issued a Section 34 dispersal order following the havoc. A section 34 order gives police the power to direct a person to leave a specified area and not to return for up to 48 hours.

The force said: « A dispersal order is in place in central Milton Keynes following an incident of antisocial behaviour involving around 300 children. The order is in place until midnight.

« Our officers continue to be out and about following the disorder earlier today.

« They will continue to be in the area this evening and we will be conducting high visibility patrols. »

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