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Groups of vigilantes were filmed patrolling the streets of a northern town after migrants were allegedly heard making rape threats against school children.

Police patrols were stepped up in Crewe in Cheshire days after parents claim a large group of Eastern European students lashed out and made the threats at Sir William Stanier Community School.

Dozens of parents kept their children off school following the fight which was alleged to have taken place last Wednesday.

Pupils were injured in the fight as a well as a teacher who intervened.

Police were called to the lunchtime incident and several youngsters were excluded, the Crewe Chronicle reported .

Since then tensions between migrants and townsfolk have deepened, with one resident telling Breitbart the town was like a "powder keg".

The Crewe resident, who has a daughter at the school, said he had seen crowd of around 40 to 50 British youths and men patrolling through the town, sometimes with police close by.

Last Friday night they were filmed “heading towards the Derby Docks area of town where it is predominantly Polish/Roma/Slav people".

He said: “The place is like a powder keg, everybody’s sparking off each other. And there’s going to be a big boom.

“I can see it happening. Before long something will spark it, and it only has to be something small.”

Sophie Higgs, 18, filmed a group of what she described as between 80 and 100 heading to the 'Derby Docks" with police just behind.

She told the Express : "They were not fighting at the time but they were all dressed intimidatingly; scarves over their face, hoodies up and generally storming around in an agitated way.

“They were headed for Walker Street, or as it is known in Crewe as 'The Derby Docks', which is well-known by everyone as where the Slovakian teenagers and kids hang out.”

Parents are now calling for the headmaster of the school Jason Fraser to resign, claiming he has deliberately tried to bury the fight and accused children who reported it of lying.

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The petition, which already has 412 signatures, says: "This resulted in the English students being assaulted by the Slovakian students and various threats of rape being directed towards young English girls.

"The Headmaster, Mr Fraser and various other authorities have tried to hide the truth of what actually happened. It has now become an intolerable situation as parents now have no trust in Mr Fraser to make sure the children are safe during school time."

Father Darren Powell, who has daughters at the school, wrote he was "disgusted" at the way the situation had been handled.

He said riots had broken out after Slovakian children had issued rape threats and ordered children to bow down to them.

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He said: "After the incident of Slovakian children standing on tables and giving orders for English children to bow down as they run the school and that English girls will be raped by them in which some English students retaliated and a riot broke out and fighting.

"One girl was assaulted so badly she looked like she had been scalped others thrown down stairs beaten up while hundreds panicked and were running for saftey."

"Slovakian children had weapons that would cause severe injury while teachers locked themselves with some students in classrooms while one teacher was head butted another pregnant teacher feared for her and unborn.

"I kept my daughters off as they were scared to return as they were threatened with assault and rape."

Sonia Ralphs, who has a son at the school, wrote that he was left "scared" after being locked out of the classroom in the midst of the alleged riot.

She said: "It is not fair to put my son or other kids in danger and lying about it. I'm not happy at all as the Slovak kids parents' were climbing over and our kids were outside it's disgusting and they were saying you English kids bow down to us."

Catherine Hollinshead, who has children at the school, told Breitbart her son came home reporting that “girls were being dragged around by their hair, two girls had hair ripped out. Other children were thrown down three flights of stairs, one of whom suffered a broken arm. A teacher was headbutted.

“The Slovakian boys threatened to rape the girls. Threats were put on the girls toilet wall saying ‘English will die’."

Police have confirmed that a brawl did take place at the community school.

They say it involved six students, at least one of whom is female.

But police have said rumours of students screaming rape threats was nothing but speculation.

A statement from Cheshire Police quoted by the Express, said: “As part of an ongoing investigation officers have arrested one 14-year-old girl.

“We are aware of rumours emanating from the initial fight at the school.

“There were no weapons on the day of the incident and that it is incorrect that children are being threatened with sexual assault."

In a statement on the school's website , Mr Fraser announced an Ofsted inspection was due to take place today because of consequence of last week's incident.

He said: "Any incidents of violence or physical/verbal aggression that have occurred and that have breached the school’s zero-tolerance policy have been dealt with by exclusion and all individual cases will be reviewed by me and the Governors.

"I have worked with Cheshire Police, local head teachers and Cheshire East Council to develop a Crewe-wide academy response to the community issues we have seen emerge.

"Community leaders across Crewe are united in their determination not to see the real progress and achievements we have made over the last years be affected by a minority of anti-social behaviour incidents and the propagation of myths through social media."