Police mounted a major operation to protect pupils at a Merseyside school after they were alerted by the FBI.
Armed police were called to St Aelred's Catholic Technology College in Newton-le-Willows on Friday after reports someone had made threats to kill there.
The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation raised the alarm after picking up a threat posted on social networking site Facebook.
A 19-year-old man was arrested and later released on bail.
More than 1,000 students, some of them taking their GCSEs, were in the Birley Street school at the time of the alert.
All entrances and exits were sealed while police investigated.
Full story and link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10319053.stm
Armed police were called to St Aelred's Catholic Technology College in Newton-le-Willows on Friday after reports someone had made threats to kill there.
The United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation raised the alarm after picking up a threat posted on social networking site Facebook.
A 19-year-old man was arrested and later released on bail.
More than 1,000 students, some of them taking their GCSEs, were in the Birley Street school at the time of the alert.
All entrances and exits were sealed while police investigated.
Full story and link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/10319053.stm
