Bomb Threats for Several Massachusetts Schools

A number of high schools were reported to have received bomb threats Monday morning, thought to be the latest in a string of hoaxes over the last few months.

There were confirmed threats in high schools in Cambridge, Brookline, Ayer, Newton, Stoneham, Tewksbury, Hudson, Leominster, Hopkinton, Lexington, Marlborough, Billerica (Shawsheen Tech), and Lynn (Lynn Classical), while multiple people reported threats in Wakefield.

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The threats of the previous few months have been received by an robot telephone call. Most of Monday's threats have been confirmed to feautre the same type of automated call.

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While the threats have become all too common, schools have struggled with how to react without overreacting. What would have triggered a school dismissal just a year ago now often results in a short break while law enforcement sweep the school.