Assistant Chief Constable Mark Sutherland gives an update on the threatening messages received by a number of schools in Scotland and across the UK on Wednesday, 11 November 2026 ⬇️ Read more:

@PSOSGreaterGlas Aye but it’s multiple times now ya baldy banger. Quick enough to locate users posting hurty tweets.

@PSOSFalkirk Still no source so how can you confirm it’s a hoax

As a concerned parent, it would be helpful to understand why Police Scotland believes this to be a hoax. What information or indicators have led you to that conclusion?

@PSOSGreaterGlas You haven’t found the source of the first set.

Problem is, people don't trust a word politicians or police say & we certainly don't trust you to keep our children safe when you're failing to keep our streets safe for anyone. We see the same energy you've applied to Pakistani rape gangs, foreign drug/people trafficking gangs

So don’t know were there from but can safely say it’s a hoax. A story of the boy that cried wolf. 2 times a lie 3rd time true. The confidence in the snp government and police Scotland is laughable. No parent likely to be comforted by you lot

Do you have the resources to protect schools in the event of a real event?

How many hoaxes before one or more turn out to be real? Spend 6 months or a year sending hoaxes, everyone gets complacent and then you get a real one.

But what if one isn't a hoax....

Of course you would say that, what would you say to the school and families if anything did happen to our children, we will hold you lot responsible

@PSOSGreaterGlas Well done Mark. Common sense well delivered. (From an ex-polis with concerned young parent relatives.)

They tell you it’s a hoax to minimise panic , it’s not about keeping you safe it’s about making there jobs easier !

These are the people who.covered up Afghan and Pakistani Muslim immigrants raping Scottish children.....any Scottish person who believes this traitorous cunt is a fucking dummy

@PSOSLevenmouth They have no idea if it is a hoax or not. They would rather lie to the public than have a panic on their hands.

This is a disaster waiting to happen! As you dismiss this is a hoax the chances are it won’t be a hoax at one point for one or more schools! What will happen if this occurs in hospitals or at events will the same dismissive attitude be taken?

Someone will take advantage of the 'normalisation' of these hoaxes at some point, whether here or abroad.

Exactly the same response repelling from last month!! UVE HAD UR WARNINGS KEEP UR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL

What evidence do you have that it’s a hoax? I really hope so or you will have children’s blood on your hands, I think you should be taking this more seriously

Word salad. Still nothing about where these threats have came from.

I thought that was @JohnSwinney playing dress up again 🙄

So if you know it’s a hoax you must know who or where they are coming from

Police Scotland covered up the grooming gangs that gang raped our white Scottish children.. for decades.. they also covered up the Covid scam .. do you actually believe anything they say now ??

It’s Great Britain and Northern Ireland, not the UK and Northen Ireland

Isn’t it a possibility that this is to test our reaction times. What we do in a crisis, it’s only a hoax until it isn’t. If these are ‘hoaxes’ the people responsible should be imprisoned before the schools that received the messages return. How can you be so sure, how can you take this risk? Maybe if you explain to us why you aren’t worried we’d have less to worry about. ‘This is a hoax’ isn’t enough to reassure anyone.

They don’t give a fuck. It happened a few weeks back as well. What’s the outcome of that? They catch anyone?

there should be a blanket approach across Scotland if these things happen and not the Rectors discretion if the need to Evacuate. My daughter called why aren't we leaving the school and the one up the road complete confusion amount the youngsters

Who advises the police to read from a script? There's no authority, no reassurance just a cold man that doesn't care.

@PSOSHighland It’s a hoax until 1 day it isn’t a hoax!

@PSOSFife Pfft catch the bastard that is doing it then or see a drop in school attendance cause parents will want to keep there kids safe at home till the bastard is caught

Is this a test for response?

Nobody is falling for this shite 🙄

So if it’s not a credible threat and catigorised as a hoax, you advise your cyber and fraud teams are carrying out extensive investigations to find out where the threats came from. This message is concerning as the underlying message is that you don’t actually know if it’s real

Could turn into a case of the boy who cried wolf!

Any progress on who sent the last batch?