Via Reuters:

Bomb threats were phoned in to at least nine schools in New Jersey on Tuesday, forcing evacuations or lockdowns, a spokesman for the Bergen County Sheriff said.

Four of the schools were soon given the all clear but searches were still underway at five others, the spokesman said.

He said he could not confirm a media report that one of the schools had also been threatened with a mass shooting.

The threats – which may have been automated because they were so similar – were dialed in at about 8:50 a.m. to high schools in Teaneck, Garfield, Tenafly, Clifton, Fair Lawn, Leonia, Bergenfield, Englewood and Hackensack, said said sheriff spokesman Anthony Cureton.

“Four of the nine have been cleared. Dogs came in and did the sweep,” Cureton said.

He declined to say which of the schools had been cleared of the threat. All of the schools are located in Bergen County in northern New Jersey.

Update: Just got back from picking up my son who goes to one of the school’s threatened (not mentioned in this article). Thanks to Nick for covering.

(JPost) – Bomb threats were phoned in to more than a dozen schools in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Delaware and Iowa early on Tuesday, forcing evacuations or lockdowns, law enforcement officials and media reports said.

At least nine schools in New Jersey received phone call threats starting at about 8:50 a.m. EST, said Bergen County Sheriff spokesman Anthony Cureton, adding that four had later been given the all clear.

Searches were still underway at five other schools, he said.

The threats – which may have been automated because they were so similar – were dialed in to high schools in Teaneck, Garfield, Tenafly, Clifton, Fair Lawn, Leonia, Bergenfield, Englewood and Hackensack, all in Bergen County, Cureton said.

He said he could not confirm a media report that one of the schools had also been threatened with a mass shooting.

In Massachusetts, Arlington High School just outside Boston was evacuated and students were dismissed for the day early on Tuesday after officials reported a threat of a possible attack using bombs and guns, local police said.