Media: Threats sent to schools in the UK and Ireland recognized as false

Authorities in Scotland and Ireland said the threatening email, which was sent on Wednesday, November 11, to a large number of schools, was fake, came from outside the UK.

Reports of the emails came after the evacuation of at least 300 schools in Italy.

"Irish police said they were aware of a general message sent to a number of schools and that they assessed the threat as not credible, so no evacuation was required," the material said.

More than 300 schools in Northern Ireland also received a threatening email that was seen as a prank, local police said, adding it came from outside the UK.

"We take incidents of this nature very seriously and understand the concerns in the community, school communities, and among students and parents," the assistant chief commissioner said in a statement.

Irish police have noted that there has been an increase in activity in the area of false and implausible bomb threats, and advised citizens to contact the police if they receive such a report.