Threats against Calgary schools not credible: police

Posted Nov 28, 2019 6:36 pm.

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CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Calgary Police is investigating after school shooting threats were made online Wednesday afternoon.

Police said they were made aware of several threatening messages around 2:45 p.m.

The account, which has since been suspended, included a photo of an assault rifle and threats to kill as many people as possible in the name of ISIS and Allah.

The Cyber Crime Team believes the person who made the posts isn’t from Calgary.

The Calgary Board of Education is aware of the investigation, so far no measures have been put in place for class Thursday.

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