BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. – Provincial police have arrested a 16-year-old boy after a threat was made via Twitter on Friday morning involving the Trillium Lakelands District School Board in central Ontario.
As a result, all Trillium Lakelands schools – both elementary and secondary – in Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton County, and Muskoka were put into a hold and secure.
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The board says it received a “significant” generalized threat and put all schools on hold and secure until police could narrow down the location of the threat.
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The hold and secure was lifted at the approximately 50 schools after about two hours.
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Police say they believe the Gravenhurst, Ont., boy they arrested was responsible for the tweet and say there is no ongoing threat to school safety.
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