Authorities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland said today a number of schools received threatening emails, which were fake and came from outside the UK.
Earlier these schools had received threatening emails.Italy At least 300 schools were evacuated after a large-scale bomb threat was received via email.
Reuters reported that Irish police said they were informed that many schools had received “general notice” and that they had assessed that the threat was not credible and therefore did not need to be evacuated.
Also, Northern IrelandEducation Bureau It was reported that some schools in Northern Ireland have also received threatening emails. Since local police believe the message does not constitute a credible threat, the Education Bureau has recommended that schools continue classes as usual.
“This message is similar to a false threat received last month, which has been treated as a hoax by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI),” the Northern Ireland Education Service said.
Irish police reported that there had been a recent increase in “false and unbelievable bomb threats” and called on the public to contact police if they received such messages.
Police Scotland said the messages were immediately assessed and treated as hoaxes.
“After investigation, it was determined that there was no indication that these messages posed a credible threat or posed a significant threat to the public,” police said in a statement.
