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Hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hungary, and Serbia received bomb threat messages on Monday, prompting the evacuation of some centers, according to local authorities, who consider them to be false alarms.
At the moment, it is unknown whether these incidents are related to each other.
In Northern Ireland, "up to 300 schools reported receiving the same email with a bomb threat," the police indicated.
The police specified that the message "originated from outside the United Kingdom" and that they considered it "a hoax."
Northern Ireland's Minister of Education, Paul Givan, stated that the threat "appeared to come from Islamists claiming that Sharia (Islamic law that regulates various aspects of Muslim life) would be imposed in the country and that there were explosive devices inside these educational centers."
For its part, the Scottish police stated they were investigating "threatening messages sent to several schools" in the territory, without offering details on the nature of the threats, adding that they also believe them to be "false alarms."
In Hungary, local media received emails indicating that bombs had been placed in more than 70 schools across the country, according to police.
Numerous centers were evacuated, but authorities indicated that no bombs had been found.
"According to the investigations carried out so far, this morning's threats have turned out to be unfounded," stated Hungarian Interior Minister Gabor Posfai on Facebook.
In neighboring Serbia, the public radio and television network RTS reported that more than 100 schools had also received bomb threats.
[Publicidad]