Local schools receive threatening phone calls, some evacuate

[Archae]

Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) – Schools in Appleton, Green Bay, Manitowoc and Oshkosh received threatening phone calls Monday — and Action 2 News has confirmed schools across the nation received similar threats, from Massachusetts to the state of Washington.

Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Manitowoc advised parents it received a bomb threat during the first lunch period. Police searched the building and nothing suspicious was found.

Read more: http://wbay.com/2016/05/23/students-staff-evacuated-from-oakwood-school-in-oshkosh/

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This is a nationwide story, so I put it in LBN.

[uppityperson]

1. We had some here in WA, here's a local link

http://q13fox.com/2016/05/23/several-washington-schools-evacuated-caught-up-in-nationwide-string-of-bomb-threats/

SEATTLE – Several schools across the Northwest were evacuated Monday, part of a nationwide string of what officials described as “robo-call” bomb threats.

Sequim’s Greywolf Elementary School, Pasco’s Ochoa Middle School, Long Beach’s Long Beach Elementary and Longview’s Kessler Elementary were among the schools that reported evacuations.

The threats could be the latest example of so-called “swatting” against schools. In recent months, hoaxers playing online games have allegedly used proxy servers and other high-tech identity-disguising tools to anonymously threaten schools online or in phone messages with electronic voices to trigger a huge police response, including SWAT teams.

Evacuations were also reported in Oregon, Colorado, Delaware, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. Media outlets in the United Kingdom also reported evacuations.

[kimbutgar]

2. We had one of these calls at one of our high schools in San Francisco last week

Right during final exams week.

[Luciferous]

3. This also happened in Cedar Rapids yesterday

A lot of schools there had bomb threats.