Zombie Film Triggers 'Axe Attack' 999 Call

An emergency call to a bloody axe attack sent police racing to the scene only to discover it was a group of budding young film-makers shooting a zombie movie.

The mix-up in Harrogate was revealed by North Yorkshire Police on Twitter.

Officers had been responding to a report in the town of teenagers armed with an axe, and a victim lying bloodied on the floor.

It will have been with some relief when they arrived to find it was a harmless 'undead' film shoot, involving the use of fake blood.

The force tweeted: "999 call reporting an axe attack in #Harrogate. Several officers at scene. Turns out 4 youths making a zombie film using fake blood."

It prompted a number of jokes from other Twitter users.

Responding with good humour, the control room team tweeted: "It could have had #Grave consequences though! Glad it was a call with good intent."

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