New Plymouth Boys’ High School lockdown following threat, Digi Mart USA News (New Plymouth, New Zealand): New Plymouth Boys’ High School has gone into lockdown following a threat, police said.
Police said the threat was made on Tuesday morning and that they were first alerted to it at 9.50 a.m. The school has been placed in lockdown as a precaution, and officers are in the area working to determine the veracity of the threat.
Parents and caregivers gathered outside the school as they waited for information. One mother standing outside said she was concerned for her son who was inside, adding that her heart was racing but that there was nothing she could do.
She said she came to the school as soon as she learned of the incident.
Parents said they had received no communication from the school more than an hour after the lockdown began. A student named Tess, who was waiting tearfully outside while her boyfriend remained inside, said she had been walking back from a mathematics NCEA Level exam when she saw police cars arriving.
She said she was worried for her boyfriend’s safety and that of everyone inside the school.
Police said they were still looking into the threat.
