Police have revealed a teenage boy was arrested after the bomb squad was called to an address in Rochester.

It was initially understood it was a man who was detained in King Street last Tuesday after a suspect package was found at a house.

It has now emerged that police were called to the boy’s address because he had allegedly made comments about going on a shooting spree at his school.

The teenager, who has not been named, was arrested on suspicion of threatening behaviour, and was later bailed pending further inquiries.

It is not known if he verbally made the comments to fellow pupils or teachers or posted them on social media, but no weapons or devices were found at his home.

The explosive ordnance disposal team were also called in to examine a potential suspicious package found inside the property and brought out into the street, and was later deemed safe and not suspicious.

Police cordoned off a row of houses in the road close to St Margaret’s at Troy Town Primary School, at about 3.30pm.

The bomb squad arrived at 6pm and some homes were evacuated while the package was examined.

It has not been revealed what the package was, but it was deemed safe at about 7.30pm and the police cordon was removed.

Chief Insp Simon Alland, district commander for Medway, said: “This is an active investigation and officers are continuing inquiries to establish the circumstances of the allegations.”