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Police lift hold and secure at 3 Hamilton Mountain public schools

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Hamilton police say a hold and secure has been lifted at three public schools on the west Mountain Thursday afternoon.

In an online alert at 1 p.m., the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board said that Westmount Secondary School, Westwood Elementary School and Westview Elementary School were under the hold and secure.

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Officers say they responded to the area for reports of a suspicious man.

Police lifted the hold and secure about an hour later.

The HWDSB said families can expect an update as soon as possible.

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