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Sandy Hook Elementary School has been evacuated after receiving a threat. Today marks the six-year anniversary of the mass shooting, killing 20 children and 6 teachers. As a result of the threat, the school’s students have been sent home for the remainder of the day.
“Please stand with our community as we attempt to survive another tragic anniversary,” the Newtown Action Alliance tweeted on the morning of Friday, December 14.
via Twitter:
Sandy Hook Elementary School was evacuated this morning while a threat is being investigated by our police dept. Please stand with our community as we attempt to survive another tragic anniversary.
The evacuation of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut comes just one day after a massive bomb threat hoax campaign was unleashed across the United States.
The threat and subsequent evacuation of Sandy Hook Elementary School are just the latest in a string of bomb threats, shootings, active shootings, mass shootings, lockdowns, and evacuations that have plagued both our nation and it’s school systems over recent years.
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