Police investigating shooting threats targeting several Amsterdam secondary schools
1 month, 1 week ago

Police investigating shooting threats targeting several Amsterdam secondary schools

NL Times  

The police are investigating social media posts threatening shootings at several secondary schools in Amsterdam, mainly in the West and Nieuw-West districts, on Wednesday. Two posts circulating on Snapchat and other social media platforms include texts like “shootings tomorrow in schools West” and “everyone is going to die.” The posts first appeared on Tuesday evening. “We find it unfortunate and stressful that this is happening for teachers, parents, and students.” Last month, four secondary schools in Deventer sent kids home after an online threat of a school shooting. In April and May last year, multiple schools across the country were confronted with such threats, including around 20 Amsterdam schools.

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Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence
5 days, 23 hours ago

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence

CNN  

CNN — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. Make sure students can report …

Third teenager arrested for posting threats to schools
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Third teenager arrested for posting threats to schools

Dutch News  

Police have arrested an minor in Leeuwarden for posting threatening messages to schools in the Friesian capital, in the third such incident this week. Earlier on Wednesday a teenage girl was arrested in Lelystad after social media messages were circulated telling pupils at a school in IJsselstein they had “better not go to school”, accompanied by a picture of a …

School shooting threats targeting Den Bosch, Almere, and Lelystad schools
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

School shooting threats targeting Den Bosch, Almere, and Lelystad schools

NL Times  

Four schools in and around Den Bosch and schools in Almere and Lelystad are the newest targets of school shooting threats posted on social media platforms like Snapchat and TikTok. “An image has been shared via social media for a few hours now showing threatening language, two pistols, and the name of four schools,” they wrote in an email. “Because …

Belgian teen arrested for threatening school shootings in Breda
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4 weeks ago

Belgian teen arrested for threatening school shootings in Breda

NL Times  

A Belgian minor was arrested early Monday morning for allegedly threatening school shootings in Breda, Netherlands. The threats, which emerged Sunday afternoon, specifically mentioned three Breda schools: Onze Lieve Vrouwelyceum, Newman College, and Mencia de Mendoza Lyceum. A source close to the investigation described the situation to De Telegraaf as “the tip of the iceberg.” In addition to Breda, similar …

More secondary schools threatened with shootings; This time in Nijmegen, Wijchen
1 month, 1 week ago

More secondary schools threatened with shootings; This time in Nijmegen, Wijchen

NL Times  

Several secondary schools in Nijmegen and Wijchen have been threatened with school shootings. The schools expect the threats to be “copycat behavior” after Amsterdam schools received similar threats on Tuesday evening, De Gelderlander reports. One post shows a photo of a gun with extra bullets and the text “Tomorrow is NIjmegen’s turn.” It lists the schools Mondial College, Pro College, …

Schools are being bombarded with hoax shooting threats - and the semester has just begun
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Schools are being bombarded with hoax shooting threats - and the semester has just begun

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the wake of the Apalachee …

France: Probe on after dozens of Paris schools receive threatening messages, beheading videos
9 months ago

France: Probe on after dozens of Paris schools receive threatening messages, beheading videos

Firstpost  

The messages came through the ENT digital platform that serves as a link between teachers, pupils and parents; internal emails; or the Pronote software used by the education ministry At least five high schools in the western portion of the Greater Paris area, in the department of Yvelines, received bomb threats between Wednesday and Thursday Image Courtesy Agencies The education …

18-year-old man arrested for threatening school shooting in Rijswijk
1 year, 10 months ago

18-year-old man arrested for threatening school shooting in Rijswijk

NL Times  

The police arrested a 18-year-old man on Saturday evening in Wateringen who is suspected of threatening a school in Rijswijk, a spokesperson confirmed after reporting from news site Regio15. Around 8 p.m., teachers, parents and students at a school in Rijswijk received a shocking email in which the young man announced that he would go on a rampage shooting on …

Teen, 17 arrested for threatening school shooting in Bilthoven
2 years, 6 months ago

Teen, 17 arrested for threatening school shooting in Bilthoven

NL Times  

The police arrested a 17-year-old boy from Oirschot on Saturday for threatening to shoot people at secondary school De Werplaats in Bilthoven. At this stage, the police don't believe the teenager intended to carry out the school shooting he threatened. The police launched an investigation, and the school remained closed on Thursday and Friday as a precaution. "There is no …

Criminology experts: Here’s what we know about school shootings — and the gunmen who carry them out
2 years, 6 months ago

Criminology experts: Here’s what we know about school shootings — and the gunmen who carry them out

Salon  

When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen as a watershed moment in the United States – the worst mass shooting at a school in the country's history. The three school shootings to surpass its death toll of 13 – 12 students, one teacher – have all taken place within the last decade: 2012's Sandy …

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats
3 years ago

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats

Hindustan Times  

Schools across the United States are on alert due to a viral post on popular video sharing app TikTok. “Law enforcement agencies have investigated this threat and determined that it originated in Arizona and is not credible,” the Baltimore County Public Schools said on its Twitter account. “We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we’re working …

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help

LA Times  

A rally in Chicago on March 24, 2018, held in tandem with a Washington, D.C., march spearheaded by students from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 14 students and three teachers were shot and killed weeks earlier. In September, a record 151 school shooting threats were made, up from a three-year average of 29 for the month. These statistics …

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