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UPDATE: Two students arrested after three Comox secondary schools closed due to a safety threat

Three secondary schools in Comox have been closed due to safety concerns. File / Global News

Three secondary schools in Comox were closed Thursday due to an unspecified safety threat.

Comox RCMP confirm two students were arrested for Uttering Threats, and have been released to their parents.

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Mary Lee, school district spokesperson, said while RCMP is investigating, officials are revealing neither what the threat is nor how they received it. They will only say they received information that one of the schools wasn’t safe.

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Lee says some of the 2,500 students affected were supposed to be taking provincial exams on Thursday.

“So, obviously that’s not going to happen, so the district has been in contact with the Ministry of Education about when to reschedule the provincial exam.”

Lee says schools will re-open when RCMP deem they are safe.

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