A youth has been charged in connection with alleged bomb threats towards an East Kilbride high school.
It is understood Calderglen High School was threatened with what police described as a “malicious communication” on Monday, September 7.
Specially trained explosives sniffer dogs were deployed and an extensive search of the South Lanarkshire school was carried out but police said “nothing of concern” was found.
Police have confirmed a male youth has now been charged.
Chief Inspector Paul Doyle said: “A male youth has been charged in connection with a malicious communication sent to a high school in East Kilbride on the morning of Monday, 7 September, 2026.
“He will be reported to the relevant authorities.”
Parents kept their children off school yesterday after an anonymous account on X claimed to have planted explosives at the school and also made similar threats to target Duncanrig Secondary in the town.
They claimed to have had no communication from the schools regarding the incident and some took the precaution to keep their children at home.
Yesterday afternoon the council’s Executive Director of Education Resources, Lyndsay McRoberts, and Chief Inspector Paul Doyle from Police Scotland reassured parents and pupils that schools remain open and warned that making hoax threats is a criminal offence and police were doing everything in their power to trace the person responsible.
South Lanarkshire Councillor David Watson commented: “We are treating the enquiry as malicious and without credibility whilst recognising the seriousness of it and the impact this will have on the local community. An investigation is underway and I will update on its progress in due course.”