According to news from the British side on the 11th, more than 1,000 schools in the UK and Ireland received threatening emails on the same day. After evaluation, the police determined that the threat was not credible. The British Scottish Police issued an announcement on the 11th saying that earlier in the day, about 1,000 Scottish schools received a threatening email. After an assessment, the police determined that the threat was not credible. On the same day, the British Northern Ireland Police said that threatening e-mails received by more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland were false threats. The Northern Ireland Department of Education posted on social media on the same day that schools should continue to be open unless the police recommend suspending classes. Furthermore, many schools in Ireland received a “mass message” on the same day. The Irish police assessed that the threat was not credible, and the schools did not need to be evacuated.

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