A school in Wales has been evacuated after it was one of more than a dozen around the UK to be targeted by bomb threats.
Parents of children at Dafen Community Primary School in Llanelli were reportedly notified of the incident on Monday and told to collect their children from a park near to the school.
There was reportedly a heavy police presence as the school was evacuated.
The school, which caters for pupils between the ages of three and 11 and is based at Lon yr Ysgol, is one of more than a dozen around the UK to be targeted.
The alerts saw thousands of pupils evacuated from locations between Kent and Newcastle, causing chaos and disturbing GCSE exams.
At one school “repeated” calls warned of a bomb on site and that “the shrapnel will take children’s heads off”.
A teacher at one of the schools told Mirror Online that the caller had threatened to shoot pupils and detonate a bomb.
@Bexy82Bexi hi have u any pictures of police etc at bomb scare at school?
@adamclarkitv no i wasnt there, i now have a houseful of kids who's parents are at work.. Luckily my day off.pic.twitter.com/DBMvQUHVJW
Police were forced to close primaries and secondaries while responding to the threats.
A statement posted on Dafen Community Primary School’s website said: “Many thanks for your patience and support during this morning’s unprecedented incident.
“Following a bomb threat the police were contacted immediately and the necessary procedures followed by the school.
“Thank you for the support from the police and emergency services, as well as Dafen Cricket Club.
“School will resume tomorrow as normal.”
At least 16 other schools around the UK were targeted in locations including Kent, Maidstone, Peterborough, Bedfordshire, Rochdale, Hampshire, Chichester, and Surrey.
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