Minneapolis schools on lockdown for 2nd day because of threat posted on social networking site
By APThursday, March 11, 2010
Minneapolis schools on lockdown for 2nd day
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Public Schools is on lockdown for the second day after a threat was made on a social networking site.
The district will keep its 32,000 students indoors on Thursday and all exterior doors locked because of the Internet threats authorities say has been traced to computer servers in Australia.
Minneapolis police spokesman Jesse Garcia says someone called the city’s information line Wednesday and warned that a posting on a site said a male would be coming to an unspecified school to “shoot up” the place and then shoot himself.
Parents received a telephone alert message to notify them.
St. Paul police Sgt. Paul Schnell told the Star Tribune investigators believe the person behind the threats is a teenager with no connection to the area.
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Information from: Star Tribune, www.startribune.com
