A bomb threat received via phone Thursday afternoon at Palo Alto's Kehillah Jewish High School forced school officials to evacuate the campus.
At about 2:54 p.m., police dispatchers received a call from the administrative staff at Kehillah Jewish High School, 3900 Fabian Way, reporting a bomb threat was received via phone. School officials evacuated the school and called the police.
Police responded immediately and cordoned off the school. Officers searched the campus with a canine certified in explosives detection and determined that no bomb existed. Police are investigating the bomb threat. The suspect is an unknown adult male, who called the school's administrative office and made the threat. There have been no similar phoned-in bomb threats recently in Palo Alto.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Palo Alto police at 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to [email protected] or sent via text message or voice mail to 383-8984.
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