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Police investigating after 160 schools receive ‘Islamist’ bomb threats

The Independent UK News · 19 October 2026 at 11:34

Police investigating after 160 schools receive ‘Islamist’ bomb threats

Over 150 schools in Northern Ireland received bomb threats which are not being treated as viable, Stormont education minister Paul Givan has said.

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Police investigating after 160 schools receive ‘Islamist’ bomb threats

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