Police are investigating after “threatening” messages were sent to a number of schools across Scotland, prompting evacuations in some areas.
Police Scotland said the incidents were being treated as a hoax but confirmed officers had launched an investigation into the messages.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We are aware of threatening messages being sent to a number of schools across Scotland.”
Schools in Glasgow were among those affected on Monday morning, with Glasgow City Council confirming some buildings had been evacuated as a precaution before staff were later allowed to return inside.
West Dunbartonshire and South Lanarkshire councils also confirmed police were investigating incidents in their areas.
In Edinburgh, a number of schools were evacuated while staff were attending in-service days. Pupils were not in the buildings because of the October school break.
Fox Covert Primary, Leith Primary, Pirniehall Primary, Queensferry Primary and St Andrew’s Fox Covert Primary were among the schools affected.
Staff at one Edinburgh school were ordered to leave at around 9.30am after an email was received claiming a bomb had been placed inside the building.
Teachers were subsequently told to work from home for the remainder of the day.
The incidents come after nurseries and primary schools in East Lothian received a bomb threat last week which was also understood to have been treated as a hoax.
Police have not indicated that any explosive device has been discovered in connection with Monday’s incidents.
Similar messages have also been sent to schools in Northern Ireland, where around 160 schools received bomb threats on Monday.
Northern Ireland’s education minister Paul Givan said those threats were not being treated as viable, while the Police Service of Northern Ireland said urgent inquiries were under way.