RCMP are investigating after a student received a threatening text message concerning the safety of Bev Facey High School in Sherwood Park Wednesday morning.
Mounties were called at around 10:30 a.m. to a report of uttering threats.
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Strathcona County RCMP said a student received “a threatening text message concerning the safety of the school and advised a staff member immediately.”
The school was placed in hold-and-secure mode. “Hold and secure” protocol means classes continue normally inside the school, but the school building is locked and contained.
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When officers arrived, they quickly identified the person responsible for sending the threat, RCMP said.
A student at the school was arrested and the hold and secure was lifted.
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