Attack on Toronto high school thwarted, 17-year-old under arrest: police
TORONTO — Police say a tip from the U.S. helped thwart an attack on a high school in Toronto on the 27th anniversary of the massacre at Polytechnique Montreal.
Det. Len Nicholson told reporters a news conference Wednesday night that the tip came from a member of the public on Dec. 1, when a person saw the threat on a blogging site.
“Toronto police received a call … from an individual in the United States, on the west coast, saying that there was a threat that was posted on a blog site and it was threatening the school in Toronto,” Nicholson said.
Police said they later identified the school as Oakwood Collegiate Institute.