"Useless" to bomb threat at Bishop Ryan High School: Hamilton Police

The Hamilton police said they determined that a bomb threat against Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary was not credible as a result of a search conducted on Tuesday.

For the second day in a row, clbades at Hamilton High School were halted and students were ordered to leave the building due to a threat.

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Police said they had been contacted Tuesday around 11 am about a bomb alert received by phone.

At noon, all students and staff were safely evacuated to Notre Dame Assomption Catholic Elementary School.

The Tactical Unit and the Hamilton Police Demining Team raided the building on Tuesday afternoon.

"At this point, I can say that there is no indication that it is a credible threat. However, as I mentioned yesterday, we take these things very seriously, "Hamilton Police Superintendent. Will Mason said at a press conference Tuesday afternoon while the search was underway.

On Monday morning, school officials said they received two phone calls in a voice suspected of being a man. Police said the appellant had threatened to bring a weapon to the school and harm students and teachers, which resulted in a lockdown of several hours. The threat was then determined to be invalid.

Hamilton Police asks anyone with information to contact the investigators.

The caller on Tuesday had a similar voice, Mason said, and the phone number was the same. He noted that phone numbers can be falsified to mask the origin of the call.

Mason said that although the circumstances of the two cases seemed similar, the investigators can not definitively state that the same person is responsible for both.

He said the threats were not a joke and indicated that the Hamilton police were devoting significant resources to identifying the origin of the calls.

Hamilton police said they were trying to talk to anyone who might have information about the case.

With files from Sara Cain