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| Netherlands closes schools after threat of a shooting spree appears online | Netherlands closes schools after threat of a shooting spree appears online |
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| Dozens of schools in the Netherlands were closed on Monday, and thousands of students stayed at home after an anonymous message posted on the internet threatened a shooting spree, police said. | Dozens of schools in the Netherlands were closed on Monday, and thousands of students stayed at home after an anonymous message posted on the internet threatened a shooting spree, police said. |
| Police detained a former student of the British School near Leiden on suspicion of making the threat, the Dutch force said in a statement. | Police detained a former student of the British School near Leiden on suspicion of making the threat, the Dutch force said in a statement. |
| The person who posted the message said he or she intended to "shoot my Dutch teacher and as many students as I can" at the school. The posting also showed a picture of a pistol. | The person who posted the message said he or she intended to "shoot my Dutch teacher and as many students as I can" at the school. The posting also showed a picture of a pistol. |
| "The municipality, police and public prosecutors take the case very seriously. It was decided to close all [local] schools above elementary level," police said. | "The municipality, police and public prosecutors take the case very seriously. It was decided to close all [local] schools above elementary level," police said. |
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