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DS Risk Warning: Hoax email threatened that pupils would be “run down and shot”

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Hello all,

Here's the latest concerning development in challenges being visited on the sector. It doesn't seem to have happened in our customer area, however, as most are on pupil break, there may be an item awaiting attention.

You will see that the nature of this one again covers the aspect of to 'lockdown' or not, the essential element of 'authoritative source' communications and the not necessarily well thought out actions of parent/carers, which need to be planned for.

Bill

Schools told not to take action following malicious emails which threatened that pupils would be “run down and shot", as police appeal for information in hunt for sender
Investigations have now begun into who sent the emails, which led to some schools being on "lockdown" as frantic parents began arriving to remove children.
A spokeswoman for the Met Police in London said that schools across the capital had been targeted but that the “malicious communications” were being treated as “hoaxes”.
She said there was no evidence to suggest they were terrorist related.
According to The Cambridge Times, an email, signed off “from your team PI3x13t”, told school staff that at 3.15pm a car would drive into as many students as possible as they tried to leave.
It reportedly stated: “If you try and evacuate them the driver will get out and shoot any student leaving.
“You have a choice here, you can ignore this email and risk the lives of the students you say you care for, or you can listen to what we are telling you.
“The only way out is to go out with a BANG.”

Threatening emails

Durham Constabulary said there had been calls from more than 100 schools in the North East region reporting that they had been sent threatening emails.
Chief Inspector Catherine Clarke said: “We can confirm that at this time we believe none of the threats received by schools to date are considered to be credible.
“In the absence of any further threats being received, schools do not need to take any further action.
“If any further threats are received they should be reported immediately to police.
“We are in contact with the schools in our area to give guidance and reassurance.
“We are working with neighbouring forces to establish the facts and investigate who is responsible.” 
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Bill Crocker
Executive Director
Tech IOSH, MEPS, MRICS.

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