Multiple students at different schools have been arrested for making online school threats, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies arrested an 11-year-old student at Buffalo Creek Middle School in Palmetto and two 14-year-old students at Lakewood Ranch Preparatory School, the agency said. The arrests come less than a week after deputies arrested a 15-year-old Bayshore High School student accused of making school shooting threats on Snapchat.

Three students within the Manatee County School district were arrested for written threats to kill via social media on Wednesday, the Manatee County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. An 11-year-old girl and two 14-year-olds were arrested between Buffalo Creek Middle School and Lakewood Ranch Preparatory School after allegedly posting written threats the night before,