Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland have been evacuated on Wednesday following reports of numerous bomb threats, prompting high security alarms.

A large number of schools have accepted threatening emails entitled Death Is Near, and students have been sent home.

Emergency school closures have been reported in several areas of Scotland, including Glasgoun, Edinburg, Fifen, and Scotland Mountains, reports Mirror.

Meanwhile, police have announced major incidents in Northern Ireland, as even schools there have accepted similar threatening messages, reports Belfast Live.

Northern Ireland Police Service ( PUNI has launched an emergency investigation into the case.

The North Ireland Educational Authority has indicated that there is no reliable threat so far.

According to this institution, emails are similar to a fraud sent last month to hundreds of schools.

Source Layer: Insander