KUALA LUMPUR – Police received 44 hoax bomb threat reports involving government, private and international schools nationwide between Tuesday and 8am today, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain.
He said the sender of the email used the name “Taktstorer”, identified as originating from Cyprus and the IP address from Finland keeps changing.
“We have contacted all the state education directors for schools with Google emails to identify the threats,” he told reporters after an event at the PDRM College in Cheras here today.
Razarudin said police have also carried out security flushing on the grounds of the schools involved.
“I assure parents, students and teachers that their safety is the priority of the police force,” he said.
He said investigations found that other countries, such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Germany and the United States have also received hoax bomb threats.
Jamaica received as many as 70 hoax calls, he said, adding that investigations are ongoing with the assistance of the countries involved, including the US FBI.
Meanwhile, a teacher at a religious secondary school in Jalan Pokok Machang in Penang lodged a police report at 1.55pm today after the school received a bomb threat via email.
Penang police chief Datuk Khaw Kok Chin said the religious secondary school received the email on Tuesday but only noticed it today.
“Based on the email, it is the same sender who sent similar information to others on Tuesday,” he said when contacted. – November 23, 2023