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Bomb threat cancels classes in Laguna school

/ 02:46 PM September 26, 2016

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Classes at the Sta. Rosa Elementary School in Laguna province were cancelled on Monday after one of the teachers on Sunday received a text message that a bomb would explode in the school compound, police said.

Supt. Giovanni Martinez, Sta. Rosa police chief, said police and bomb squad members at 8:30 a.m. Monday declared the school premises clear of any explosive following a more than three-hour search and clearing operation.

Martinez said a teacher on Sunday reported the threatening message to the police, prompting school officials to advice students not to come to class on Monday.

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Members of the faculty, however, were given a brief training on dealing with bomb threats.

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The school, with about 2,800 students, is in the heavily populated village of Tagapo.

Martinez said it was the first bomb threat that targeted a school in the city, although there were similar reports of bomb scare in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite and other parts of Laguna. JE

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