Monarch Park Collegiate in hold and secure following threat

A Toronto Police cruiser is seen in an undated photo.

By Dilshad Burman

Posted November 25, 2022 1:31 pm.

Last Updated November 25, 2022 1:36 pm.

Toronto police say they are investigating a threat made at Monarch Park Collegiate on Friday afternoon.

The school at Coxwell and Felstead avenues was placed in a hold and secure shortly before 1 p.m.

Officers tell CityNews a teacher called police to report that a student made a threat towards another person at the school.

Earlier in the day, police said they were investigating a hate crime at Monarch Park after a building within the park and another nearby building were defaced with hate-related graffiti on two separate occasions.

However police could not confirm if the school was one of the buildings vandalized.

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