Reporting: Makis Synodinos

Barrage of threats to plant a bomb this morning at schools in Attica.

According to information, threatening emails have been sent to at least 35 schools in Attica, including Gerakas, Aegaleo and Haidari.

The police, although they think the email is a hoax, are carrying out checks.

The sender of the email appears to be from abroad and according to information behind the barrage of threatening emails is a Russian prankster.

Investigations by the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate are ongoing.

The police announcement

“This morning a large number of schools received an identical email with threatening content.

The message appears to come from a foreign country, while the massiveness of its sending, even to school units which are currently not functioning, demonstrates that the purpose of the message is to create disturbance and shake the citizens’ sense of security.

In any case, there was an immediate mobilization by the Greek Police, so that in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and the school units, the relevant control could be carried out, while the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate is already conducting an investigation to identify the sender.

The safety of the citizens and especially the student community is the main concern and first priority for the Ministry of Citizen Protection and the Greek Police and to this end all necessary actions will be taken to reveal the perpetrator”.

According to circles from the Ministry of Education, “from the first moment he was informed about the malicious sending of electronic messages to some schools in Attica, he initiated all the prescribed procedures. The Electronic Crime Prosecution was already involved in the investigations. This is a spam – false – message and according to the Greek Police there is no cause for concern”.