MULTIPLE schools have been put in lockdown after receiving “threatening emails” with cops urgently investigating.
Cardinal Hume Catholic School students have not been allowed to leave the school in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, after the messages were received overnight.
The school said the site had been checked and secured and pupil safety remained its priority.
The force said it was told about the threats to a number of threats to primary and secondary schools just before 9am today.
Northumbria Police told the BBC it had received a report of “malicious communications”.
It mean that a number of schools had gone into voluntary lockdown as a “precautionary measure”.
A force spokesperson said: “Officers are currently in attendance to carry out enquiries and offer reassurance to the public.
“A decision has been made by some of the schools involved to go into a voluntary lockdown as a precautionary measure.”
Cardinal Hume School told the BBC that police have asked parents not to come to the school as increased numbers on site could add to any potential danger.
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