Overview

• More than 830 schools across nine federal states received nearly identical bomb threat emails between May 23 and 26.
• The emails frequently cited the Islamic State but lacked characteristics of genuine terror plots, according to Bavarian investigators.
• Local police and the Bundeskriminalamt quickly assessed the messages as non-credible, allowing most schools to continue classes.
• North Rhine-Westphalia logged 285 anonymous threat emails while Baden-Württemberg reported about 180 in a single day.
• Authorities are examining technical data to trace the origin of the emails following a similar wave of school threats earlier in April and May.