Co Tyrone: Several schools forced to close due to ‘security concerns’

A number of schools across Co Tyrone and Co Antrim have confirmed they are closed

Several of the schools across counties Antrim, Fermanagh and Tyrone closed due to a “security concern” on Monday morning.

Earlier the Police Service for Northern Ireland (PSNI) said they were liaising with the Metropolitan Police in London over the emails.

Stormont Education Minister Paul Givan condemned the disruption, and welcomed what he termed the “speedy response from the PSNI”.

The PSNI said they were investigating the circumstances of the threatening email which was sent to nine schools on Monday, and are “at this time, treating the matter as a hoax”.

They said they received reports from three…

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