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Video clip from the scene shows pupils filing past two squad cars parked outside
The students were then lined up on nearby Clissold Park before being sent home
Staff and students were today evacuated from a London school after a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax .
Police rushed to Stoke Newington School in the north east of the capital at 11.55am after teachers raised the alarm.
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Video from the scene shows pupils filing past two patrol cars parked outside the main building.
The students were then lined up on a nearby park before being sent home for the day as officers searched the site.
Stoke Newington bomb threat: School evacuated as police scramble to scene
Staff reported a bomb threat to the Met Police this morning and officers have scrambled to the scene. Pupils and teachers have been evacuated as an urgent probe is launched
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Staff and pupils were promptly evacuated from the school at about 12pm, after staff received a bomb threat. A video from the scene shows a number of police cars outside the school, with a police cordon in place. Dozens of people could be seen leaving the premises.