Northern Ireland and Scotland Schools Receive Hoax Bomb Threat Emails

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland received threatening emails on Wednesday, which police have dismissed as fake. Police in Northern Ireland have launched an investigation into the emailed threats sent to schools across the region on Wednesday morning, but have described the incident as a hoax. The authorities noted that over 300 schools have so far reported receiving similar messages containing threats. Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, Mark Hamilton, stated that the current police assessment indicates a low level of threat to the public. Several schools in Scotland also received comparable emails. These events come as hundreds of schools in Italy were evacuated following similar bomb threat emails.