VIBANK, Sask. – RCMP have arrested a 15-year-old after a school in southern Saskatchewan received a threatening email.
Mounties say officials at the Vibank Regional School received the message last Wednesday indicating that an armed person was going to the school.
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The school was locked down for several hours while officers investigated.
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RCMP say they were able to determine that the threat was unfounded and originated in the village.
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The teen, who cannot be named, faces a criminal charge of conveying false information with the intent to injure or alarm a person.
The youth is to appear in Indian Head provincial court on Nov. 17.
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