Hundreds of schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia have received emails reporting that they have been bombed. Law enforcement agencies in these countries reported this today, September 3.
According to information from the vice president of the Slovak police Rastislav Polakovich, A threatening letter was sent overnight to the email addresses of primary schools, entertainment centres and gyms. In total, more than 270 educational institutions received a mining notification. In this regard, all educational processes in them were suspended and the police opened a criminal case regarding the terrorist attack.
At the same time, in the Czech Republic, similar letters were reported to have been received by hundreds of schools. Czech police said they had no information indicating that anyone was in danger.
“We are currently reviewing threatening emails from across the republic, which were addressed to hundreds of schools and in which the author reports that he is undermining them. We are actively communicating with the representatives of the schools and have taken appropriate measures, within the framework of which we want to interfere as little as possible with their normal work.” – the Presidium of the Czech police said.
The National Centre for Combating Terrorism, Extremism and Cybercrime is investigating the case in the Czech Republic.
Let us recall that this is not the first case of mass “mining” of schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In particular, in May threats were sent to more than 1,500 schools in Slovakia, as well as to several banks, courts and electronics stores.
