15-year-old arrested after Xinmin Secondary bomb hoax in Singapore
What's new: Students and staff were evacuated on Aug. 13, but police found no suspicious items after checking the Hougang school.
Singapore police arrested a 15-year-old girl in connection with a false bomb threat at Xinmin Secondary School in Hougang last week. The threat on Aug. 13 prompted the school to evacuate students and staff at about 8.28 a.m. after police were alerted around 8.20 a.m. Officers and school personnel searched the campus and found no suspicious items, allowing lessons to resume later that day. Police are investigating the case as communicating false information of a harmful thing, an offense that carries up to seven years in jail, a fine of up to S$50,000, or both. Cases involving offenders under 18 are typically handled in the Youth Courts.