Some 74 faculties throughout Jamaica have been disrupted by bomb threats since November 9, in response to Training Minister Fayval Williams.
At a press briefing on Wednesday, Minister Williams stated whereas all of the bomb threats thus far have turned out to be hoaxes, the faculties have carried out security protocols.
“All of our faculties contacted the police upon receiving the e-mail. They carried out their college security protocols and evacuated the scholars and workers to a secure place,” Williams stated.
“Our directive as of now to our faculties is to proceed to take these threats severely each time,” she added.
The threats have prompted the Ministry of Training to formulate trauma response methods, in collaboration with the Ministry of Well being and Wellness.
“It’s known as response to trauma occasions and this will likely be utilized in our faculties to supply assist companies to college students, school, and workers who’ve skilled emotional misery because of the traumatic occasion,” Williams stated.
FBI concerned in bomb risk investigation
The bomb threats haven’t solely disrupted operations at faculties but in addition a number of main companies on the island together with a hospital, courthouse, and Kingston Wharves on Monday.
The Minister of Nationwide Safety Dr. Horace Chang stated the police have been monitoring the incidents rigorously and are supported by the Jamaica Defence Power (JDF) and different state businesses.
The safety minister stated that based mostly on the character of the threats, it seems they had been “designed to disrupt and create a degree of confusion in society.”
“Nonetheless, they’re being pursued aggressively and all of the required assets within the safety forces have been mobilized to determine and apprehend the perpetrators,” he stated.
He stated the ministry can also be receiving assist from worldwide companions together with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), “which have been lively in assist from day one,” Dr. Chang stated.
The minister stated that though police have been stretched in coping with the quite a few threats, they’ve nonetheless managed to reply successfully.
One man has thus far been arrested in relation to the hoax.
