He was charged with two counts of threatening to kill\/do grievous bodily harm and will appear in the Invercargill Youth Court today.<\/p>\n
Bowman said further charges may be considered. <\/p>\n
Bowman said he wanted to reassure the community that no items of concern or explosive materials were found. <\/p>\n
\u201cInitial indications suggest the young person had no capability to follow through on the threats. <\/p>\n
\u201cRegardless, threats of this nature are taken extremely seriously, and yesterday\u2019s swift action by police reflects this,\u201d Bowman said. <\/p>\n
An alert sent to University of Auckland students.<\/p>\n
Spate of recent threats <\/p>\n
Police said Operation Irena was an ongoing investigation into recent email threats made to institutions \u2013 initially in Auckland and then to organisations across the country.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, University of Auckland business school students were evacuated<\/a> due to a \u201csuspicious object\u201d.<\/p>\n An alert sent to students across the campus asked people to evacuate the building, and to avoid the area, after a suspicious package was found on level one.<\/p>\n On Friday, Unitec students and staff were issued a warning over an \u201curgent incident\u201d.<\/p>\n A Unitec spokesperson said a bomb threat was received relating to the Mt Albert campus.<\/p>\n Auckland Art Gallery was evacuated on Thursday morning<\/a> after receiving a threatening email, which gallery director Dr Zara Stanhope later described to the Herald as a \u201choax threat\u201d.<\/p>\n Earlier last week, two other educational facilities in the city received bomb threats.<\/p>\n