Police release footage after men threatened with knife outside Blackpool school

Two men waiting to collect a relative from the school were attacked and threatened with a knife

Author: Grace O'HarePublished 27th Aug 2025

Detectives have released CCTV footage as they try to trace two men following an assault near Westminster Primary Academy in Blackpool.

Police say shortly after 3 o’clock on Sunday 7th July, two men waiting to collect a relative from the school were attacked and threatened with a knife on Westminster Road.

Officers confirmed the men were not injured, but are now trying to identify the men in the footage as part of their ongoing investigation.

Anyone who recognises them, or who has information or further video to share, is asked to get in touch with police.

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