Web threats on Mpls. schools traced to Australia

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The investigation of the Web threats that led to the lockdown of schools in Minneapolis and St. Paul has investigators looking down under.

St. Paul police spokesman Paul Schnell says the department's computer experts have tracked the messages to servers in Australia. He says the FBI and Interpol have been notified.

Threats that authorities believe are related were sent to several social networking sites. They reached the schools Wednesday morning, prompting the lockdowns.

In a post on two sites, someone threatened to shoot up a Minneapolis school. Since it didn't specify which one, district officials put them all on alert.

Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul also received a vague threat Wednesday morning, and had a similar response. There were no incidents Wednesday.