Afternoon and evening basketball games will be played with extra police presence. It was later determined by the Newport School Department that school would be dismissed out of an abundance of caution.
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A passer-by said he could see the students being moved onto a playground then escorted out of the school to near by a park.
Massachusetts State Police have told us calling in a fake threat is punishable by as much as 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $50,000, or both.
Police Scotland are investigating whether the Capital threats were linked to those in the rest of the UK.
Milford Police say around 9:45 AM, they were notified by Milford Senior High School staff that an automated bomb threat call was received at the school.
More schools across Sydney have been evacuated for the fifth consecutive day as police warn about hoax calls from overseas.
There are reports of evacuations but Education Queensland is yet to confirm them. The building was cleared soon after and students returned inside, said police.
He said: “As parents we condemn whoever has made these calls”.
Eight schools were targeted by bomb threats today as a wave of hoax calls continues to sweep across Britain.
A Russian Twitter group known as “Evacuators 2K16” has appeared to have claimed responsibility for the hoaxes in recent weeks, telling pupils to contact them if they wanted to “get out of school”.
Detective Inspector Colin Mattinson, from West Midlands Police, said: ‘This morning we have reports of a further six bomb threats, following similar threats made to several schools last week.
Bomb threat called into Wellington High School on January 15, during the tornado warning.
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The teen is expected to be charged at the ACT Children’s Court on Tuesday.
