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SINGAPORE: Students and staff members at Xinmin Secondary School in Hougang were briefly evacuated following a bomb hoax on Thursday (Aug 13).<\/p>\n
In a notification to parents seen by CNA, the school said it evacuated its students and staff at about 8.30am after being alerted to a “potential bomb threat”.<\/p>\n
The notification indicated that the police found no suspicious items after conducting a thorough search of the premises.<\/p>\n
All students and staff members have been accounted for and are safe, and have returned to the classrooms and resumed regular lessons, the school added.<\/p>\n
When CNA arrived at about 11.45am, there were four police vehicles parked inside the school.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Xinmin’s vice-principal, Mr Tan Kok Kwang, told journalists waiting outside that the school had no further comments for now, as security officers closed the main gate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
CNA has contacted the police, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for more information.<\/p>\n
The latest bomb hoax comes four years after a similar incident at Evergreen Secondary School in Woodlands. Even though the threat was determined to be false, such security threats should still be taken seriously, MHA said then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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