NH Schools Reporting Bomb, Other Threats

A number of New Hampshire schools are reporting bomb and other threats on Feb. 2, 2016, according to police and others online sources. This morning in Bedford, a bomb threat was called into the Primrose School at Bedford Hills via telephone but nothing was found at the school after an evacuation.

In Bow today, at about the same time as Bedford, the town’s elementary school received an “evacuation alert via the telephone,” according to Sgt. Arthur Merrigan of the Bow Police Department.

“The school implemented its protocols and notified the police,” he said in an email this afternoon. “Nothing out of the ordinary was found and the school returned to its normal operation approximately an hour later.”

Merrigan noted that it was “too early in our investigation to determine if this is related to calls received by other schools today.”

Exeter High School was placed in lockdown this afternoon due to a bomb threat called into the school’s office but no threat was found at the school, according to a Tweet by The Talon, the school’s newspaper.

Lockdown was due to a bomb threat called into the main office. No credible threat arose. Other schools also threatened. /rs
— The Talon (@TheTalonEHS) February" class="redactor-linkify-object">https://twitter.com/TheTalonEH... 2, 2017

It is unknown at post time if any of the threats are connected but potential threats have become a regular occurrence during the past few years.

In May 2016, the Bow High School was evacuated due to a bomb threat while Portsmouth High School also received a threat. Bomb threats were reported in Keene and Nashua. A couple of days later, more threats were reported in Manchester, Pembroke, and Portsmouth. In December 2016, Oyster River High School was placed in lockdown and classes were dismissed after a threat was found on a bathroom wall. In December 2015, Concord High School officials found a threat scrawled on a bathroom wall. Another threat was reported in March 2016.

According to reports online, schools in Chicago, Miami, and Titusville, FL, also received bomb threats today.

NH Patch.com will update this story when more information becomes available.