‘Islamist’ bomb threats sent to hundreds of schools in UK, Hungary, Serbia
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It was not known if the warnings, which appeared to be a hoax, were connected. Northern Ireland cited emails that were signed ‘Allahu akbar’
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Agence France-Presse Published: 2:04am, 20 Oct 2026
Hundreds of schools in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Hungary and Serbia were sent bomb threats on Monday with some evacuated as authorities said the warnings appeared to be a hoax.
It is not yet known whether the incidents were connected to each other.
“Police investigating the circumstances of threatening emails sent to schools across Northern Ireland this morning … are treating the matter as a hoax,” police said.
Northern Ireland police said up to 300 schools had received “the same emailed message which contained a generalised threat” which was also received by “some schools across the UK”.
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