Bomb threat from overseas

The FBI confirmed this week that the March 17 bomb threats to Esko High School - and numerous other schools across the country as reported in the Pine Knot last week - came from overseas. Last week the Pine Knot reported that a Wisconsin sheriff's office had speculated that the calls were from another country.

Lt. Dan Danielson said the Carlton County Sheriff's Office reached out to the FBI for help tracking the Esko call. Danielson said the FBI determined the call appeared to originate from Africa, but didn't specify which country within Africa.

"I do not know if all the bomb threats on March 17 originated from the same place, but there appear to be similarities between the threat in our community and the threat in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, and possibly the threats in Wisconsin," Danielson told the Pine Knot.

Cyndi Barrington, public affairs officer for the FBI's Minneapolis field office, confirmed that the FBI assisted local law enforcement partners regarding the threat, but gave no other details.