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Bomb threat closes high school

October 9, 2009 - 2:04pm
SPRINGFIELD, Va. - A Fairfax County high school closed at noon Friday because of a bomb threat.

Fairfax County public schools spokeswoman Barbara Hunter says students at West Springfield High School were sent home at noon, while police investigated a bomb threat. Nobody was hurt.

A note attached to a rock was thrown through a window overnight at West Springfield Elementary School, warning that a bomb would go off at West Springfield High School Friday.

The high school was evacuated, and students were safely escorted to the football field. Normal bus transportation was provided to get the students home.

A police helicopter noticed a suspicious package on the roof at the West Springfield Elementary school, and students were evacuated.

They were let back in a short time later.

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