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| Bomb threat at Columbine school | Bomb threat at Columbine school |
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| Columbine High School, the site of the US' deadliest school shooting eight years ago, was evacuated after several bomb threats, officials say. | |
| Students were moved to a nearby school where their parents were able to pick them up, a police spokesman said. | Students were moved to a nearby school where their parents were able to pick them up, a police spokesman said. |
| There were several hundred pupils in the Colorado school at the time. | There were several hundred pupils in the Colorado school at the time. |
| A bomb squad and police dogs searched the building but officials said there was no evidence at this point to support the threat. | A bomb squad and police dogs searched the building but officials said there was no evidence at this point to support the threat. |
| More than one bomb threat was made by telephone to officials on Thursday morning but it is unclear whether any reference to the 1999 attack was made by the caller. | More than one bomb threat was made by telephone to officials on Thursday morning but it is unclear whether any reference to the 1999 attack was made by the caller. |
| "Most of the threats that have been associated to that school made reference to past events that occurred there," said Jefferson County Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. | "Most of the threats that have been associated to that school made reference to past events that occurred there," said Jefferson County Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley. |
| "But a bomb threat to a school is as serious at any school as it is at Columbine." | "But a bomb threat to a school is as serious at any school as it is at Columbine." |
| In 1999, two pupils at the school shot dead 12 fellow students and a teacher before killing themselves. | In 1999, two pupils at the school shot dead 12 fellow students and a teacher before killing themselves. |