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LIVE: Schools close across Northern Ireland after emails spark security alerts

Name: NI schools threat
Uploaded: 2026-10-19T10:55:38.000Z
Duration: 1 min 29 s
Description: Some 160 schools in Northern Ireland have received “Islamist” bomb threats which are not being treated as viable, Stormont Education minister Paul Givan has said.

By Michael Cousins

Digital specialist

Published 19th Oct 2026, 10:44 BST

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