Jew students threatened at two US high schools
Jewish, Muslim students at South Carolina high school threatened
(JTA) — A South Carolina high school will have extra security measures in place when students return from Labor Day weekend, after Jewish and Muslim students were threatened on social media.
A student reported the “extremely vulgar” threats toward Jewish and Muslim students at Byrnes High School to the Spartanburg County Sherriff’s Office Friday night, according to local media.
The threats, which appeared on Facebook, warned the high school would be attacked Tuesday and included pictures of a person in a gas mask and a knife with a swastika on the handle, according to the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. The sheriff’s office took screenshots of the posts.
Law enforcement told local media they would patrol the school over the weekend and make sweeps of the campus. There are 12 schools in the district, and all will have additional security.
“I was very alarmed when I saw the post and how vile some of the language was and how direct the threats were, and not only against our students but families of our students, and in today’s culture, the discourse that is going on and what’s happened in our own country and in other countries, we’re taking it very seriously,” Dr. Scott Turner, the district’s superintendent, said Saturday night during a news conference, according to reports.
“I want to ensure our parents and community that we are taking these threats extremely seriously, and are doing everything possible to make sure our campuses are secure. We are working with law enforcement to ensure the individual who made these threats is found,” Turner also said in a statement.
All parents in the district were called and notified of the incident Saturday afternoon, the Spartanburg Herald-Journal reported.
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Arrest Made After Threats to Jewish San Francisco Area Students on Social Media
Administrators were contacted by several students and their families about the anonymous threat posted on Instagram. One principal called the threat a 'religious rant,' KRON television reported.
At least one arrest has been made after threats to Jewish students at a high school in the San Francisco Bay Area were posted on social media.
Extra security surrounded the Fremont High campus in Sunnyvale, California, when students returned to school after the long holiday weekend, the local NBC affiliate reported.
The threat was also made against students at Homestead High School in Cupertino, San Francisco television station KRON reported. Both schools are in Silicon Valley.
Administrators were contacted by several students and their families about the anonymous threat posted on Instagram. They did not disclose the specific threat, NBC reported.
School officials reportedly did not believe the threat was credible but contacted police.
The Fremont principal called the threat a “religious rant” targeting Jewish students, KRON reported.
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Legitimate threats or more cases of "Hey rabbi, watcha doin?"
