27 schools evacuated after bomb hoax
A number of primary and secondary schools in Kent, Surry, Cambridgeshire and Scotland have been evacuated after receiving a series of anonymous bomb threats.
Kent police have confirmed officers were called to two schools in Canterbury and Maidstone at around 10:15am. Kent Police said they could not say at this stage whether the two incidents were linked.
Cambridgeshire constabulary were also called to investigate a similar threat made to a school in Cambridge and another in Peterborough.
A spokesman for the force said: “Emergency services are currently at Mayfield Primary School in Cambridge following a report of a suspected hoax bomb threat at just before 11am.
“It is believed to be part of a series that has affected schools across the country. We are working hard to get children back into school as soon as possible.
A further hoax was reported at Cranmere Primary School in Esher at 10:20 am after a suspicious call was made.
A spokesman for the force said: “Police are working with partners and investigating this as a malicious hoax, enquiries are ongoing."
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