Girl questioned over Yik Yak threat that closed California school

VAGUE THREAT: Police have questioned a girl over ominous Yik Yak postings that have prompted a high school in California to shut down for a few days in anticipation of an attack. — AFP

LOS ANGELES: Police in Southern California have questioned a girl in connection with at least one threatening post made on social media application Yik Yak that led to a two-day closure of a high school in an affluent oceanside community, officials said. 

The threats on the smartphone application were made on Monday against Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, just south of Los Angeles, prompting officials to briefly place the campus on lockdown that day and close it on Tuesday and Wednesday (Nov 18-19 Malaysian time).