Last week, a person was detained in the city of Dnipro, Ukraine, in connection with terrorism threats and the mass distribution of false bomb threat emails to thousands of educational institutions across several European countries, including Latvia, according to the State Police.
In September 2024, more than 200 educational institutions in Latvia received anonymous threat emails in Russian over the course of two days. Although the emails were assessed as low-risk threats and, based on the police’s evaluation and recommendations, schools were allowed to continue operating, the messages still disrupted the learning process and affected the overall sense of security.
The initial investigation concluded that this was a hostile criminal campaign aimed at destabilizing society and the functioning of institutions.
Similar mass threat emails were also received by institutions in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Moreover,
the emails were accompanied by hostile publications and terrorist incitement
spread through “Telegram” channels.
With the support of Eurojust, a joint investigation team was established in 2025 between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine, with Latvia later joining as well. The criminal investigation into the mass bomb threat emails sent to educational institutions in Latvia is being conducted by the First Division of the State Police Cybercrime Unit.
At the same time, the State Police Cybercrime Unit continues investigations in other criminal cases related to mass bomb threat emails sent to various institutions in Latvia.
As previously reported, over 200 schools in Latvia received identical emails containing threats of school bombings. Similar messages were also sent in Lithuania and Estonia.
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