Keeny Street Elementary School has been placed on lockdown after the school received a suspicious letter that contained white power and a message about al-Qaeda, according to Interim Superintendent Richard Kisiel.
"Police are there, fire department is there, DEP is on its way and the school is in lockdown," Kisiel told Patch at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon.
Kisiel said administrators at the school made the decision to place it on lockdown after they received a letter containing white power and a message stating that "al-Qaeda is back."
Kisiel said he had no further information to provide at this time.
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