Series of bomb threats sent to dozens of schools in Croatia and Montenegro

Photo: Zagreb police

Another series of anonymous reports about bombs allegedly planted in schools in Croatia and Montenegro arrived today.

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As many as 20 schools in the town of Split in Croatia received reports about bombs this morning, the students were evacuated, and the police went to the locations, Croatian media reports.

"This morning, we received information that an e-mail with identical content was sent to official e-mails of a number of schools in the Split-Dalmatia County, which stated that explosive devices were placed in the educational institutions," the police told N1 in Croatia.

According to this, police officers went to the field immediately after receiving the reports, and inspections of educational institutions and all necessary measures and actions will be carried out.

At the same time, students in two secondary schools in the town of Bar in Montenegro were evacuated during the morning following reports about planted bombs, and these cases are currently investigated by the police.

The Bar police told Podgorica-based Vijesti unofficially that their officers are in two schools - the Niko Rolovic grammar school and the Vocational High School in Bar.

They said that the students were evacuated and that the police will check the facilities.

The bomb threats also mentioned the Secondary Economic and Hospitality School which shares the building with the grammar school.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)