Overview
- Merseyside Police said multiple schools received similar threatening emails on March 9 that are believed to be hoaxes, with enquiries under way to identify those responsible.
- LIPA School in Liverpool closed for the day after reporting a bomb threat and a threat to cause harm, with the headteacher citing heightened media attention in recent days.
- Chesterfield High School in Crosby initiated a temporary lockdown in line with national procedures before lifting it after police assessed the messages as not credible.
- Police urged the public not to share unverified WhatsApp and social media claims, stressing that false information was causing unnecessary fear and that no arrests had been made.
- In a March 10 update, Superintendent Karl Baldwin said schools are operating as usual with an increased police presence for reassurance, and one widely shared hoax email was signed with the name of a convicted hacker now living overseas with no indication he sent it.