Teen charged over bomb hoax at Gold Coast primary school
Police have charged a teenager in relation to yesterday’s bomb hoax at a Gold Coast primary school.
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A teenager has been charged over a bomb hoax which saw a Gold Coast primary school thrown into lockdown yesterday morning.
Police moved swiftly to arrest the 17-year-old boy from the northern Gold Coast overnight after he allegedly left a series of voicemails on the school’s answering machine threatening to bomb Helensvale State School.
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Police said four “incoherent” voice messages were sent to the school within a 10 minute period just after 10pm on Monday night.
The school was thrown into lockdown before being declared safe an hour and a half later.
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The boy was charged with offences of bomb hoax, using a carriage service to make a threat and using carriage to menace, harass or cause offence.
He will be dealt with under the Youth Justice Act.
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