Event af841aae-7364-4708-84db-dc0116897295

Approved event from Hybrid War Tracker

Status: Approved Confidence: Low Category: Sabotage Country: Latvia Country: Estonia Country: Lithuania Country: Poland Attack Type: Bomb Threat

Source: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.10.2023-more ...

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Event Time

2y ago

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Created

1mo ago

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Updated

1mo ago

Summary

Headline: More threat e-mails received by Latvia's schools Monday

Short Summary: Hundreds of Latvian educational institutions received threat e-mails overnight; authorities assessed them as non-violent and of low risk.

Description

Several hundred schools and pre-schools across Latvia, as well as learning centers, received threat letters in their emails during the night to Monday. Authorities evaluated the threats and considered risks low. This follows a series of similar incidents in neighboring Baltic and Polish schools. Officials link the event to hybrid-warfare tactics intended to disrupt public life.

Evidence

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During the night to Monday, several hundred schools and pre-schools, as well as learning centers throughout Latvia have received threat letters in their e-mails.

The state police have evaluated them, and risks are considered low, according to the State Police's entry on social media Monday morning.

"Someone is deliberately disturbing our normal lives. We are living in a real hybrid war situation - that we need to be aware of."

As recorded earlier by LSM, about 300 schools across Latvia received e-mails on October 10 about possible security risks, and by Monday, about 400 kindergartens received similar threats, arriving primarily on October 11.

During the night to Monday, several hundred schools and pre-schools, as well as learning centers throughout Latvia have received threat letters in their e-mails. The state police have evaluated them, and risks are considered low

"We are living in a real hybrid war situation - that we need to be aware of."

"police have received assurances from Estonian, Lithuanian and Polish colleagues that they are an equivalent to this threat: that incidents are also ongoing in Estonian and Lithuanian, in some cases with panic in Poland as well."

As recorded earlier by LSM, about 300 schools across Latvia received such emails on October 10

The State Police have evaluated them, and risks are considered low, according to the State Police's entry on social media Monday morning.

"Someone is deliberately disturbing our normal lives, ... We are living in a real hybrid war situation - that we need to be aware of."

Source

https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/16.10.2023-more-threat-e-mails-received-by-latvias-schools-monday.a527885/