November 11, 2015, 4:04 pmUpdated: December 7, 2015, 4:27 pm
POLICE are investigating reports of an armed robbery in Kirkcaldy.
Officers and a bomb disposal unit were in attendance at the town’s Mitchelston Industrial Estate this afternoon.
Inquiries are ongoing but it is understood nobody was injured in the incident and pupils at nearby schools are safe.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “Police in Fife are in attendance following reports of an armed robbery at a bank on the Mitchelston Industrial Estate, Kirkcaldy.
“No-one has been injured in the incident.
“Inquiries are at an early stage.”
Reports from the scene suggest that local schools were in a state of “lockdown” as police searched for suspects.
Fife council said: “Police Scotland asked St Andrew’s RC High and St Marie’s RC Primary schools to delay children leaving today while they investigated an ongoing incident in the area.”
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