Jose Abad Santos High School in Binondo, Manila received a bomb threat on Monday morning, but police said it found no explosives within the campus.
‘The DECU (District Explosives and Canine Unit). immediately responded thereat and conducted a bomb sweep with K9 personnel and paneling within the vicinity of the school,’ a Manila Police District (MPD) spot report stated.
‘During paneling, there was no bomb found,’ it noted.
Authorities have yet to identify and arrest a suspect.
The MPD said the threat stemmed from a Facebook post by a certain Louise Florence.
The post supposedly read: ‘I planted a bomb inside Jose Abad Santos. I am not joking. There are five bombs now, one hidden inside of five different buildings. Timer’s set detonation in just a few minutes.’
The post was sent by an alumnus to another alumnus, who then sent it to a 21-year-old student at around 10:55 a.m., relaying it to a Grade 7 teacher in the school and prompting the latter to call the San Nicholas Police Community Precinct personnel, according to the MPD.
Jose Abad Santos High School has yet to issue an official statement on the matter.