Northern Ireland schools get threatening email; police see no credible threat

Key facts

• The Northern Ireland Education Authority said a large number of schools received a threatening email.
• The Education Authority said police did not regard the threat as credible and schools were advised to stay open.
• The Education Authority said the message resembled a bogus threat sent the previous month that police declared a hoax.

A large number of schools in Northern Ireland received a threatening email, the Northern Ireland Education Authority said on November 11, 2026. The authority advised schools to stay open, saying police did not regard the message as a credible threat.

The Education Authority said the message had similarities with a bogus threat sent the previous month, which it said the PSNI declared a hoax. The authority gave no further detail on the content of the email or on how many schools received it.