Police are carrying out 'extensive enquiries' (PA Archive)
Police are carrying out ‘extensive enquiries’ (PA Archive)

Hundreds of schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been targeted by hoax bomb threats, police have said.

Police Scotland said threatening messages were sent widely to distribution lists across the country, but there was nothing to suggest that they represented a credible threat or that there was any wider threat to the public.

The hoax threats triggered dozens of schools to evacuate students, according to reports.

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