Emails threaten Waltham and Belmont schools

WALTHAM, Mass. — Police are responding after a numerous email made threats against schools in Waltham and Belmont.

Police said that out of an abundance caution, students and staff at all Waltham schools were evacuated.

The following schools were evacuated:

1. Waltham High School
2. Kennedy Middle School
3. McDevitt Middle School
4. Plympton Elementary School
5. Fitzgerald Elementary School
6. Northeast Elementary School
7. MacArthur Elementary School
8. Stanley Elementary School
9. Whittemore Elementary School

The students and staff were taken to safe locations, said police.

Police said Belmont High School has also been threatened.

Currently, the Waltham Police Department, the Northeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council School Threat Assessment Response System and a K-9 unit searched all schools affected. Fire Marshals tell Boston 25 News no devices were found.

Police say four schools received the threat, but they are not naming which schools.

No arrests have been made yet.

On Monday, Wareham schools received a threatening email, causing the search and evacuation of three schools. The schools were later cleared, with no weapons or unknown people found inside.

This is a breaking story, stay with Boston 25 News for details. 

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