St Bede’s College Mentone locked down after online shooting threat
A Melbourne school has gone into a large-scale lockdown on Wednesday morning after an alarming image of a gun and bullets accompanied by a threat emerged online.
St Bede’s College in Mentone alerted parents via text on Wednesday morning that the school had gone into lockdown.
“Message from St Bedes College: Mentone Campus is still in lockdown and no further updates. All students and staff are safe,” the alert said.
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It is understood the lockdown ended shortly before 10am.
“To our community, all our students and staff are safe,” the school said in a statement.
“At 8.25am this morning, St Bede’s College Mentone commenced lockdown on the advice of Police as part of a Police Operation.”
Victoria Police confirmed they are investigating a social media post that was reported to them on Tuesday night..
“The post did not include threats against any particular school or person,” police said in a statement.
“Investigations to determine who created the post are underway.
“There is currently no threat to St Bede’s College in Mentone.”
