Zombies led police to close off town

Police closed off a town centre after a 999 call about a 'gunman' on the loose - only to find students making a zombie movie.

The teenagers were filming for a college project in Woking, Surrey, when police were called to reports of a possible armed robbery.

Passers-by had called 999 after spotting one of the students 'running around with a gun', reports the Daily Telegraph.

Police closed off the High Street and surrounding roads and cordoned off the area as they chased down the suspects.

A spokesman for Surrey Police said: "We can confirm that an area of Woking town centre was cordoned off following a report of suspicious activity.

"Officers quickly established that the man was a student who was part of a group and that the item that had been seen was a toy gun.

"Strong words of advice were given to the group of students."

Local Greg Abbott, 31, said: "It would have been funny had it not caused so much disruption to the town centre.

"These kids were running around filming a movie and one of them had a toy gun and kept popping in and out of this empty building taking shots at zombies."