Schools In UK On Lockdown After Threats Of Shooting Pupils Dead Or Running Over Them

Schools in the UK have been put on lockdown amid a major safety alert after an email threatened to 'run down and shoot' children.

Police have confirmed that "malicious communications" were sent to schools 'across the country'.

An email allegedly threatened 'pupils would be run down' if they left the building or shot down.

Schools across the country, including London, Durham, Cambridge, Suffolk and the West Midlands, have been affected while numerous other police forces are monitoring the situation.

Frantic parents are reported to be arriving at schools in a desperate attempt to remove their children.

"Enquiries continue to establish the facts and forces are working together to investigate who is responsible.

According to the Cambridge Times, the email says that at 3.15pm a car will drive into as many students as possible as they try to leave.

It reportedly reads: “If you try and evacuate them the driver will get out and shoot any student leaving.

“You have a choice here, you can ignore this email and risk the lives of the students you say you care for, or you can listen to what we are telling you.

“The only way out is to go out with a BANG.”