A number of schools in Germany are on lockdown after receiving threatening emails just before 9am this morning.
Schools in Leipzig, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt all received the email - contents of which are unknown - according to the Express.
Several schools in east #German city of #Leipzig have received emails threatening violence; police deployed to schools. -@Reuters #Germany
— Clauda Tanios (@ClaudaTanios) October 17, 2016
German police tell @dpa at least 9 schools - 2 in Magdeburg, 7 in Leipzig - are on alert after receiving threats via email @PolizeiSachsen
— Friederike Heine (@fheinedpa) October 17, 2016
Students in New Nikolaischule Leipzip were ordered to barricade themselves in by staff and police stormed two schools in Magdeburg.
Kant-Grammar school and Reclam-Gymnasium were also threatened and students from Hegel-Grammar were sent home, according to reports.
Schools in #Leipzig receive email threatening violence: police #easternGermany... https://t.co/nj78sPp2Bm pic.twitter.com/PhKCkxjkNr
— German Trends (@Germanolizer) October 17, 2016
#Germany #Leipzig #Magdeburg - Multiple schools evacuated due to mass shooting threats received by email.
— Terror Events (@TerrorEvents) October 17, 2016
Germany has been on high-terror alert since gunman Ali David Sonboly, 18, killed nine people in July of this year.