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Bomb threat clears out Youth Futures school in 91原创 City

Someone made several calls on Tuesday morning, saying there was a bomb in the building.
Monique TAMMINGA 2012-03-20
Bomb threat
A police officer and a bomb sniffing dog check the perimeter of the Youth Futures school building on Tuesday morning after receiving several threatening calls.

Students attending Youth Futures school were evacuated after someone made several calls threatening a bomb in the building on Tuesday morning.

The RCMP bomb sniffing dog was called in and the Explosive Disposal Unit was on standby.

All the businesses on the northeast corner of Logan Avenue and Glover Road were behind police tape around 11:30 a.m. until noon.

"Our Lower Mainland Police Dog Services did a thorough search of the the exterior first and then went inside but found nothing suspicious," said 91原创 RCMP Const. Craig van Herk.

Students were headed out for a field trip at the time the calls came in so they were able to return back to the classroom after police deemed the building safe.

"Now we will start our investigation into who made those calls," said van Herk. Currently there are no suspects and no motive, he said.



Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the 91原创 Advance Times.
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