Evergreen Sec students told to stay away, sent home after false bomb threat; teen assisting with police investigations

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SINGAPORE — Students of Evergreen Secondary School were asked to stay home on Thursday morning (July 21) after the school received a bomb threat, which turned out to be false.

The Police said that they were alerted to a bomb threat at 11 Woodlands Street 83, where the school is located, at about 7.40 am.

A male teenager is assisting in investigations, said the Police, adding that the authorities are looking into the case under the United Nations Regulations 2001. Education Minister Chan Chun Sing in a Facebook post on Thursday said that students who were already on the school premises in Woodlands were fully accounted for and asked to return home out of precaution."The Police responded swiftly and conducted a thorough sweep of the school compound. The Police have completed their security checks, and determined that it was a false threat," he wrote.

 

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