Police are investigating online threats they say were made to six separate schools in Mississauga and Brampton.
Peel Regional Police said they were told about threats made via social media on March 2.
The threats said that, on March 10, someone would go to six secondary schools in Peel Region to “shoot them up,” police said.
“Police and school administrators from the Dufferin Peel Catholic District and Peel School Boards take the threats seriously and continue working together on safety plans and strategies,” Peel police said in a media release.
They identified the six schools as Holy Name of Mary Secondary School, Louise Arbour Secondary School, St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Notre Dame Secondary School, Chinguacousy Secondary School and Ascension of Our Lord Secondary School.
A spokesperson for the Dufferin-Peel District School Board told Global News that an announcement would be made on Wednesday.
“In the meantime, we are taking the threat seriously, continue to be informed by the Peel Regional Police investigation and are finalizing operational plans for Friday, March 10,” they said in an email.
Global News also contacted the Peel District School Board for comment.
Police said officers were “actively investigating” and “exhausting all leads” to find the source of the threat.