Nanaimo District Senior Secondary School students were greeted by Nanaimo RCMP school liaison officers checking backpacks when they arrived for classes Wednesday morning.

According to police, the action was prompted by an B次元官网网址渦nspecified threatB次元官网网址� made at the school Tuesday.

B次元官网网址淥ut of an abundance of caution they were checking packsacks this morning before students were allowed into the school,B次元官网网址� said Const. Gary OB次元官网网址橞rien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman.

The school was not under lockdown or closed, he said.

B次元官网网址淭hey did a sweep of the school last night, so it was secured overnight and then they checked packsacks this morning,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橞rien said.

Dale Burgos, Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district spokesman, said the threat was in the form of writing or graffiti on one of the schoolB次元官网网址檚 walls and parents were informed Tuesday of the issue and security steps being taken by the school district and RCMP.

B次元官网网址淵esterday, parents were sent a letter indicating that there was graffiti pertaining to an unspecified threat at NDSS, inside the school, and so typical practice is once thatB次元官网网址檚 found, the critical incident team gets initiated,B次元官网网址� Burgos said. B次元官网网址淩CMP were involved, they did a tour of the school and found no credible threat.B次元官网网址�

Burgos said all the schoolB次元官网网址檚 entrances were locked and students entered through the schoolB次元官网网址檚 gymnasium where their bags were searched.

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