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Rival school pupils brawl at Smethwick shopping centre

Fighting between pupils at two schools has seen one boy detained while another is set to be dealt with by police.

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Pupils from Holly Lodge School and Shireland Academy were engaged in brawls at Cape Hill and Windmill Shopping Centre in Smethwick on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

It was Friday that the boy was detained.

A Smethwick Police spokesman said: "We are trying to understand why all the pupils from these two schools have been coming to Cape Hill.

"If you or your children have information why they are all going to Cape Hill, or why the children from these schools want to fight each other, we'd like to know."

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