School in Ronneby closed after threat – Aftonbladet

The upper secondary school Knut Hahn and City Hall in Ronneby keep the doors locked after a threat made by a student.

The municipality assesses the threat as credible.

– I have received information that a suspect has been arrested, said Councilor Roger Fredriksson.

It was earlier in the day that the doors to school Knut Hahn and city Hall in Ronneby was locked, which SVT News first reported on. Visitors must identify themselves to security guards before being allowed into the premises. Police are on the spot.

This is because a student at the school expressed a threat. According to police, the threat was directed towards social services, which is housed in the town hall.

The police have not made the decision to keep the doors locked.

– We have a patrol that works to investigate this, but we have not closed the school. What the municipality chooses to do, I can not answer for, says Jimmy Modin, spokesperson for the police in the South region.

“Many people are worried”

Aftonbladet has been in contact with Oscar, who is one of the pupils at the school. He describes the atmosphere as excited.

– It started with it was a rumor that someone would stir up trouble at school. When locked all the doors and it came security guards and police, he says, and continues:

– Many people are worried about this now.

Just before 12 o’clock evacuated school because of a fire alarm . According to data Aftonbladet has no held a lighter under a smoke alarm.

A grapple

The municipality assesses the threat to social services as credible.

– There have been a threat by a student, and it is his background that means we take very seriously at this. We have raised the security situation, and it is a difficult situation for many. I have got lot of calls from anxious relatives, says Roger Fredriksson, Mayor of Ronneby.

At 11:30 pm came the news that a person arrested on suspicion of being behind the threat.

– We has known which person it concerns and he could be arrested at the school, says Roger Fredriksson.

Some details of what the threat is moving if he does not want to go out with.

– The police may answer.

The security situation will continue to be elevated during the afternoon.

article updated.