One thousand Los Angeles schools shut down over ‘credible terror threat’: 640,000 students sent home after ‘backpack bomb alert’. New York schools also threatened but Bill de Blasio keeps them open
Superintendent said this threat is unique and he ‘couldn’t take a chance’
He said the district gets threats every day but this one is different
Email sent to school district outlined plans to bomb schools and students
640,000 children attend school in the 5,000-square-mile county of L.A.
FBI and terrorist experts called in to sweep every campus, from elementary schools to colleges – every locker, every classroom, every bathroom
The threat is unspecified, it is being treated as a credible terrorist threat
It comes after shooting in neighboring district of San Bernardino
By MIA DE GRAAF
DAILYMAIL.COM
15 December 2015
All Los Angeles schools have been closed over a credible terrorist threat.
More than 640,000 children are urged to stay in their homes amid fears of an attack on the nation’s second largest school district on Tuesday.
The FBI and explosive experts have been called in to sweep every locker, classroom, office, and bathroom of every campus across 720 square miles.
Ramon Cortines, superintendent of Los Angeles schools who made the decision to close all 900 institutions, told a press conference at 7am Pacific Time he had received an email from overseas describing plans to bomb at least three schools and multiple students.
The threat mentioned backpacks and other objects, he said.
‘I can’t take a chance, I want all schools to be searched today,’ Cortines insisted. ‘I’m not taking a chance of bringing children into a place, into any part of a building, until I know it’s safe.’
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