Over a thousand schools in the UK and Ireland received threatening emails, which the police thought were not credible.
Xinhua News Agency, London, November 11 (Reporter Zhang Peng) According to reports in the British media on the 11th, more than a thousand schools in Britain and Ireland received threatening emails that day. After an assessment, the police determined that the threat was not credible.
Police Scotland in the UK issued a statement on the 11th saying that earlier that day, around 1,000 Scottish schools had received a threatening email. The police evaluated the threat and determined it was not credible. On the same day, the British Police of Northern Ireland stated that more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland had received threatening emails that were false threats. Northern Ireland's Department of Education posted on social media that day that schools should remain open unless police recommend closure.
It was also reported that many schools in Ireland received a "mass notification" that day. The Irish police have assessed that the threat is not credible and there is no need to evacuate the schools.