Email threats to Carlow schools may have been routed through US

The Garda Special Detective Unit will investigate where the email came from and will be in contact with US agencies

Senior officers are describing the incident as 'very strange' as there were no obvious signs of the emails being a genuine terrorist-motivated incident or a politically-motivated one. File picture

Gardaí believe emails threatening bomb attacks or mass shootings at 20 schools in Carlow were routed through the US.

Senior officers are describing the incident as “very strange” as there were no obvious signs of the emails being a genuine terrorist-motivated incident or a politically-motivated one.