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10-year-old Texas student charged with 'terrorist threat' over hoax school shooting threat, police said

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10-year-old charged with felony terrorist threat for allegedly threatening to commit a school shooting at a Kerrville , Texas , middle school.

The child, who was not named by authorities, posted "a hoax threat to social media with the intent of causing alarm or panic," police say.

Police said "no valid threat to Hal Peterson Middle School existed" The school said counselors had been in classes to introduce the "See Something Say Something " campaign.

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semi-formal

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English

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61

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