Scotland school bomb threats: Students evacuated after multiple scares and threatening email

Students and teachers have been evacuated from education facilities across Scotland and Northern Ireland after a threatening email sent to “hundreds of schools” sparked bomb fears.

The Sun reported that a number of schools were in the process of being evacuated while Metro confirmed that all schools in Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh, had been briefly evacuated.

Students across Glasgow had also seen leaving school premises alongside staff, The Sun reported.

Parents at Leslie Primary School in Fife were told that “hundreds” of schools had received a threatening email.

The Sun reported that a text message sent to parents at Invergordon Academy read: “Invergordon Academy will be closing for the remainder of the day.

“Pupils will be sent home with immediate effect,” the text to parents of pupils at Invergordon Academy read.

Meanwhile a Facebook post from Lochaber High suggested that the threatening message had been sent to “more than 270 schools across Scotland”.

“Some of our partner primary schools have activated their emergency evacuation procedures,” it said.

Metro reported that Northern Ireland’s Education Authority also reported a concerning email being sent to a “large number of schools”.

Scottish Police later put out a statement that the messages had been assessed and were being treated as hoaxes.

“Our enquiries have established that there is nothing to suggest that they represent a credible threat or that there is any wider threat to the public,” the statement read.

“Our advice is that there is no requirement to evacuate schools or keep children away from education based solely on the content of the emails. They have been sent widely to distribution lists across the UK and Northern Ireland and our assessment remains that they do not represent a credible threat.”