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Two arrested after threats made ‘concerning’ Sheet Harbour, N.S., school:police


June 20, 2019
By The Canadian Press
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SHEET HARBOUR, N.S. – Police say they made two arrests after responding to a threat of violence at a high school on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore.

RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Clarke says investigators responded to the threat at about 12:38 p.m., Tuesday with officers dispatched to Duncan MacMillan school in Sheet Harbour.

The spokeswoman says investigators responded to a call from a staff member at the school.

The school tweeted at about 2:30 p.m. that a lockdown had ended and “everyone is safe.”

Doug Hadley, a spokesman for the Halifax Regional Centre for Education, says a teacher “overheard two students talking about a possible threat.”

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He says police were called and there were “no signs of any weapons.”

Hadley said the lockdown lasted about two hours.

Clarke said the investigation was continuing through the late afternoon.

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