Rolleston College school receives serious threat, police rule it out as hoax

A threatening email sent to a “large number of people” and targeted a Canterbury school was a hoax, police say.

The concerning email sent at 11pm yesterday included a threat of violence to Rolleston College, 25km southwest of title="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/christchurch/">Christchurch, today.

It made serious allegations and had been shared widely on the school’s and parents' social media pages.

A threat was made to Rolleston College last night which had police investigating.

Police said their inquiries indicated that the email was a hoax.

“There is no threat to the school or anyone else in the community.

“We know that these types of messages are extremely unsettling for parents, students and school staff.

“We’d like to thank those people who reported the email to police so that we could investigate.”

Police encouraged anyone with more information to report it online via 105 and quote file number 250306/6655.

Rolleston College principal Rachel Skelton earlier said the school was working with police.

The school is open this morning.