Bomb Threats Set French, British Schools on Alert

Local Editor

Around 20 schools in France and Britain were placed on bomb alert Thursday following another round of telephone threats, the second in a week.

Police were sent to secure five of the most prestigious schools in Paris after bomb threats were phoned in, and British police said they were probing threats at 14 schools in central England believed to be "false and malicious."

The threats come two days after six Paris schools and 14 in Britain were evacuated on Tuesday following hoax bomb threats.

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