{"id":540215,"date":"2026-03-14T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:48:16","slug":"sydney-tafe-was-plunged-into-lockdown-after-a-teen-playing-a-tiktok-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540215\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney TAFE was plunged into lockdown after a teen playing a TikTok game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police are warning parents and teenagers that a viral TikTok game could trigger major emergency responses after a Sydney<\/a> TAFE campus was plunged into lockdown when a student was spotted carrying a water pistol.<\/a><\/p>\n

The alarm was raised at Campbelltown TAFE on Tuesday afternoon when a 16\u2011year\u2011old girl walked through the grounds holding the brightly coloured water pistol \u2014 later revealed to be part of a TikTok challenge known as \u201cSenior Assassin\u201d.<\/p>\n

From a distance, staff believed she was carrying a real firearm, prompting security to lock down the campus and call police.<\/p>\n

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Senior Assassin is a viral TikTok game popular with high\u2011school students, usually Year 12s, where players \u201celiminate\u201d each other using water pistols or other toy guns<\/p>\n

In a TikTok video posted after the incident, NSW Police urged teens to rethink the trend, warning that officers have no way of knowing whether a reported weapon is fake.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a distance, these items can look very real,\u201d an officer said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone reports a firearm to police, then we treat it as a genuine threat, and we respond accordingly. In that moment, we don\u2019t know it\u2019s just a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA bit of fun can very quickly become a very serious situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CampbelltownCampbelltown TAFE has been placed into lockdown. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Emergency services swarmed the Narellan Road campus just before 4.30pm, with hundreds of students ordered to hide under desks and tables as blinds were pulled down.<\/p>\n

Police moved through classrooms and buildings to ensure everyone was safe.<\/p>\n

Officers later spoke to the 16\u2011year\u2011old at a Campbelltown home around 7pm and seized the water pistol.<\/p>\n

The lockdown was lifted once the campus was cleared, and students were allowed to be collected by family members.<\/p>\n

Police say the incident is a stark reminder that imitation weapons \u2014 even those used in social\u2011media games \u2014 can trigger full\u2011scale emergency responses.<\/p>\n

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