Hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were targeted by a wave of hoax bomb threats on Wednesday, leading to evacuations at some institutions. Police confirmed that at least 470 schools across Scotland, from Dumfries to Aberdeenshire and Orkney, received the bogus warnings. In Northern Ireland, approximately 300 schools were affected.
These incidents appear to be part of a larger, coordinated series of disruptions affecting schools in Europe. Earlier in the day, over 6,000 schools in Italy were also hit by similar hoax bomb threats, with false warnings sent to educational institutions in cities including Rome, Naples, and Florence. While the full extent of any connection between the threats in different countries remains unclear, authorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland have assured parents and teachers that the warnings were not credible, despite some pupils being moved from school grounds as a precautionary measure.
Hoax Bomb Threats Disrupt Hundreds of Schools Across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Italy
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- Hoax bomb threats made to hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland — The Guardian World,
- Thousands of schools in Italy, Scotland and Ireland receive bomb threats — Financial Times - Technology,
- Hundreds of Italian schools hit by threats in suspected bomb hoax — BBC World,