“A police investigation is now underway to find the person responsible for the calls”.
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A Twitter account called “Evacuators 2k16” is claiming responsibility for the threats, saying they intend to cause “mayhem”.
Police intervened at Paris high schools on Tuesday after five of them received a bomb threat by telephone around mid-morning, the Paris education authority said.
As a result, all four schools self-evacuated. “At this stage, the incidents are being treated as malicious communications”, said a spokesperson.
Four more secondary schools in Cornwall had received calls “suggesting a potential security threat” at around 8am.
Metropolitan Police confirmed the threat but did not say which schools were affected.
Intelligence experts have since insisted “there was no credible threat” and believe the calls to be a hoax.
We received a threat this morning that compromised the safety of students and staff and thus have evacuated the school.
The other affected schools were George Salter High School in Claypit Lane, West Bromwich; Earls High School in Furnace Lane, Halesowen; and Four Dwellings Upper School n Quinton Road West, Quinton.
Oldbury Academy, Bristnall Hall Academy, Holly Lodge and Leasowes School in Halesowen were all evacuated last Tuesday because of bomb scares.
Oldbury Academy and Bristnall Hall Academy were among the schools evacuated before 9.30am on Tuesday morning.
A school in Dudley and schools in Birmingham ar also affected.
Fourteen schools in the United Kingdom have been following bomb scares, it has been reported.
West Midlands police later said all four schools were investigated properly and that no bombs/suspicious objects have been found.
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Anyone with information should call police on 101.
