Eleven schools in Zlin region closed due to bomb threat

The police closed eleven secondary schools in the Zlín region on Thursday due to a bomb threat. The schools received e-mails warning of an explosion due to take place on Friday morning. The schools as well as nearby offices and flats have been evacuated and pyrotechnics experts are searching the premises. The police are taking the warning seriously and the schools in question will remain closed on Friday. If the author of the mails is detected they could face up to three years in jail for scaremongering.