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| Montgomery High School: Pupils absent after shooting threat | Montgomery High School: Pupils absent after shooting threat |
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| More than 1,000 pupils have not turned up to a school that received online death threats. | More than 1,000 pupils have not turned up to a school that received online death threats. |
| Threats to kill pupils in a shooting on Monday at Montgomery High School in Blackpool were posted on social media. The user said they planned to "kill as many people as possible." | Threats to kill pupils in a shooting on Monday at Montgomery High School in Blackpool were posted on social media. The user said they planned to "kill as many people as possible." |
| The school confirmed 360 of its 1,375 pupils have attended. | The school confirmed 360 of its 1,375 pupils have attended. |
| Police officers have been patrolling outside the school for "reassurance", a police spokeswoman said. | Police officers have been patrolling outside the school for "reassurance", a police spokeswoman said. |
| The planned attack was in revenge for alleged bullying, the Facebook post said. | |
| The unnamed Facebook user also praised gun killers in schools in the US and posted on the school's Facebook page: "Nobody talks to me or notices me except when they're calling me a nerd and pushing me around." | |
| Responding to one student after the post was made, the user asked: "You think it's a joke? You'll see bullets, bodies, and blood." | |
| A statement from the school, in Bispham, said: "We have continued to plan for an orderly start to the term with 'safe business as usual' being our aim." | |
| The school said Blackpool Council had "kindly provided counselling services for any students who have found the last few days upsetting and stressful." | |
| Lancashire Police said: "There is nothing to suggest these messages pose a credible threat." |