Kemptville, Ont. school closed for second day after alleged threat, board says [Video]

St. Michael Catholic High School in Kemptville, Ont. is closed for a second consecutive day, as Ontario Provincial Police investigate an alleged threat targeting the school.

The Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario says the OPP advised the board at 12 a.m. that they spoke directly to an “anonymous person who indicated that at the beginning of the school day on Friday, there would be an act of violence involving weapons that would take place” at St. Michael Catholic High School.

“Given this recent information we have received and the current threat at St. Michael CHS, we are closing the school for today.”

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The OPP says it continues to investigate “another threat” against St. Michael Catholic School, and officers are “working diligently to identify the individual or individuals responsible for this week’s threats.”

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