Social media school shooting threat in Adelaide's north prompts police presence

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Police say while they do not have 'immediate concerns' about the safety of students and staff at Playford International College, patrols were sent there following an online threat which used the words 'shooting Playford up'.

Police officers have been stationed at an Adelaide suburban high school that was the subject of a shooting threat that has circulated on social media, but authorities say they do not have "immediate concerns".They have stationed patrols at the school as a precautionA video shared on Snapchat that appears to target Playford International College at Elizabeth was captioned with the words "shooting Playford up" accompanied by the image of what appears to be a firearm.

Mr Boyer said he was notified of the video about 9:45pm on Sunday, and said it was "obviously really concerning". "Detectives from Northern District CIB are investigating who created the post, and it is likely that action will be taken," a police spokesperson said. Mr Boyer said that 18 students at Underdale High School, in Adelaide's west, had been suspended over such material, which he described as "uncharted waters in some respects".

 

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Northern suburb things.

All those hundreds of violent computer games rife online, mostly US origin will eventually bring their gun ho violent culture to the world The current talk of WW3 daily simply adds petrol to the fire So the politicians and media have their hands in these too?

Thank god John Howard took all the guns.

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