Stathern Lodge: 'Stressed' scenes as children fell ill at camp
The force said the investigation was being led by the East Midlands Special Operations Unit's major incident team.The IOPC confirmed it was investigating Leicestershire Police's handling of the incident.
Neighbours described seeing stressed parents outside the village hall in nearby Plungar, which was used as a triage centre for the children on Monday.A 28-year-old woman who lives near the village hall said: "We saw all the ambulances and police cars outside. All the kids were very guarded, they would not let anybody near it."Everybody was pretty stressed out. There were like four police cars, critical care teams, an ambulance, there was quite a lot. It was crazy."The parents were pretty stressed, they were here until probably 11pm."A man who also lives on the street said: "I saw maybe one girl with her dad. She had her toy with her. They were waiting around a lot."It was a bit surreal I guess, a bit odd because it's quite quiet around here."
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