A man threatened to use a gun to ’cause harm’ in emails sent to schools in Sheffield and a nursery in London. The email was sent to nine schools in Sheffield and follows a threat made towards a London nursery, which closed after receiving a threatening message referring to ‘acts of violence’.
St Mary’s School in Walthamstow is currently closed, and the other targeted schools are all located in Sheffield. The main school is shut due to the Easter holidays, but the nursery had been scheduled to open this morning.
The Met Police has confirmed that the email threats are believed to be linked to those made to schools in the Sheffield area.
South Yorkshire Police verified the threatening email – which stated a man with a gun was willing to ’cause harm’ in the schools – but confirmed the threat is not genuine. It said: ‘At 6.38am today (Monday), we received a report that a male sent an email to nine schools across Sheffield in which he threatened he would cause harm and was in possession of a firearm.’