# Hoax bomb threats made to hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-11-11T15:58:39+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/nov/11/bomb-threats-hoax-schools-scotland-northern-ireland
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/hoax-bomb-threats-made-to-hundreds-of-schools-in-scotland-and-northern-c4e536/

Police assure parents and teachers that warnings were bogus despite pupils being evacuated from some sites Hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were hit by a fresh wave of hoax bomb threats on Wednesday, with some sites evacuated as a precaution. Police said at least 470 schools, from Dumfries in the south of Scotland to Aberdeenshire and Orkney in the north, had received the hoax

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