Overview
- Jalisco authorities counted 23 school threat reports linked to viral posts as the public security chief warned the conduct is criminal.
- Peru’s police are investigating reports in Lima, Callao, Piura and Ica, and they say checks have found no real attack plans.
- In Lima, tracing messages that interrupted a virtual parents’ meeting led a school to identify two secondary students as the authors.
- Schools and police increased checks that include patrols, backpack reviews and, in Jalisco, a bomb squad response to a hoax note at a train station.
- The wave has caused class suspensions, absenteeism and anxiety, and experts caution that repeated imitation can raise the risk of real harm.