Over 500 Students Stay Home In Fear After Masked Intruders Target US School

Over 500 high school students skipped school Tuesday, after a gang of masked individuals caused havoc during the school day on Monday.

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What happened?

Around?532 students from the Washington school after an incident shook up the tight-knit school community. This came after five masked people approached a side door of the school building around 1 p.m and entered into a classroom, as per the Auburn Police Department.

The intruders ran through the halls and pushed four students and punched one other, Auburn police confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Brandy Garber, whose daughter goes to the high school, said that she kept her daughter following the incident. Garber told the news station that her daughter said that chaos broke out after the masked intruders entered the school hallways."She said everybody started running," Garber told KIRO-TV. "They said people came in and were masked and were pushing people out of the way."

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Where and when?

The incident happened at Auburn Riverside High School in Washington on Monday. Students missed the school in fear on Tuesday.

Why?

Law enforcement said they believe the situation stemmed from a fight on school grounds last week.??

How did the school act?

School administrators quickly jumped into action, chasing the individuals from school grounds, police said.“Administrators chased them and got them out of the building pretty fast,” a spokesperson at the police department said.

Following the incident, the local high school went into a “secure and teach” lockdown throughout the rest of the day. Exterior and interior doors were closed and locked, and students stayed in their designated classrooms.?Police said that throughout this week, additional officers have been present on school grounds, and at football games.

Auburn Riverside Superintendent Dr. Alan Spicciati told KIRO-TV that the school intends to “take some very serious action.”

Who were they?

Authorities are still investigating the incident, and said that the unruly individuals were not supposed to be on campus However, their identities haven't been disclosed yet.

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