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Jon Brady & Craig Williams

Glasgow school and nursery evacuated by police after bomb threat call

Children were evacuated from a Glasgow primary and nursery school this afternoon amid reports of a 'bomb' threat.

Police descended on St Mary's Primary School and adjacent Maryhill Park Nursery School on Kilmun Street in the Maryhill area after the threat was reportedly made to the school by telephone around 1:50pm.

Local reports suggest staff and pupils were evacuated to the nearby Immaculate Conception Chapel on Maryhill Road, with parents contacted and asked to come and collect their children, the Daily Record reports.

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Meanwhile officers blocked off the surrounding streets to vehicles as a precaution.

Police have confirmed they are are probing "communications" received by the Kilmun Street school.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We are investigating communications received by a primary school on Kilmun Street in Glasgow at around 1.50pm on Monday, January 31, 2022.

"Officers are in attendance and the school has been evacuated as a precaution while inquiries are being carried out."

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