Schools on HIGH ALERT: Bomb threat 'hoaxers' targets schools across the world
SCHOOLS across the world were put on high alert today following a fresh wave of bomb threats.
Police are investigating bomb hoax calls
Telephone calls were made to six schools in Birmingham, two in Glasgow and eight in Sydney alleging that there were bombs on the campuses.
Police scrambled to the High School of Glasgow and Hill Head High after the calls were received this morning and following a sweep of the premises, nothing was found.
The calls follow on from last week's bomb hoax calls to schools in London, Paris and Birmingham.
Glasgow Police said the calls were being treated as “malicious” echoing the response of West Midlands Police, where senior officers also declared the calls to be “false and malicious”.
Det Insp Colin Mattinson, from West Midlands Police, said: “This morning we have reports of a further six bomb threats, following similar threats made to several schools last week.
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“At this stage there is nothing to suggest there is any credible threat to any of the schools.
“Our response officers have been sent to the locations to ensure there is no threat to anyone’s safety and support the schools.
“A police investigation is on-going to find the person responsible for these calls."
Oldbury Academy has been targeted yet again
Oldbury Academy in the Midlands received a bomb threat call
The affected schools are:
BIRMINGHAM
Shireland Collegiate Academy, Waterloo Road, Smethwick
Bristnall Hall Academy, Bristnall Hall Lane, Oldbury
Perryfields High School, Oldacre Road, Brandhall
Edgbaston High School for girls, Westbourne Road, Edgbaston
Hall Green Secondary School, Southam Road, Hall Green
Oldbury Academy, Pound Road, Oldbury
GLASGOW
High School of Glasgow, Crow Road, Glasgow
Hill Head High School, Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow
One parent took to Twitter to vent her frustration
This is the fourth time Oldbury Academy has received a bomb hoax call within 14 days, with the latest incident prompting a temporary evacuation of the site.
Sandwell Council, which is responsible for the school, declined to comment on how these incidents were disrupting lessons and whether it had been offering supoort to parents and pupils.
However, one parent took to Twitter to vent her frustration to the school.
Using the Twitter handle @JustSewHelen, and describing herself as a Year 7 parent, she wrote: "The disruption is horrendous but we fully support your decision to evacuate the school."
West Midlands Police are treating the calls as "malicious and false"