As many as 40 schools in Indiana were affected by a bomb threat. They received an email.
According to Sheriff Sproles, the email was written in Arabic script.
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“One of your schools has a bomb inside. It is well built, solid and discreetly located. Considering that today is your last day, I think it is appropriate for you to pray to God. Allah is the greatest,” it said.
Due to the threat, eLearning is being practiced on Friday at Lebanon Community School Corporation, Marion Community Schools, and Southwestern Consolidated Schools.
The Centre Grove Schools are no longer open today.
The FBI declared that it was aware of these threats and that it is “working in coordination with our state and local law enforcement partners to investigate.”
The threat was sent to a number of schools, including Edinburgh Community School Corporation, however the district is still open.
Just before 6:45 a.m., Noblesville was one of the first to inform the public via its Twitter account. Avon Community School Corporation and Hamilton Southeastern Schools did not receive any threats.
Noblesville Schools, Lebanon Community School Corporation, Southwestern Consolidated Schools of Shelby County, Western School Corporation, Fairfield Community Schools, Marion Community Schools, Middlebury Community Schools, Shelby Eastern Schools, Northwest Allen County Schools, Shenandoah School Corporation, Frankton-Lapel Community Schools are among the schools that will implement elearning.
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Meanwhile, as America continues to struggle with mass shootings, police are on high alert for another pattern. School districts and institutions throughout the country are reporting an upsurge in fake claims of school shootings and campus threats. It’s known as swatting.
For nearly a year, hundreds of schools around the country have received fake bomb threats and school shooting calls.
According to call records obtained by NPR, in October 2022, Virginia, Minnesota, Ohio, and Florida all made phony school shooting calls that were disturbingly similar to a wave of bogus bomb threats that officials tracked in March and April of last year in areas like Minnesota.
Those calls have persisted for nearly every week. Hundreds of additional schools have received enigmatic swatting calls in the last few months. The FBI has intervened to conduct an investigation due to the size and scope of the problem.
