Some nurseries in my area have received a threatening email saying someone is coming to "kill white children" in the nurseries and public parks and playgrounds. We have had a letter from the police and council. Apparently only three nurseries have received the email but I've also been told others have received it but police have told them not to inform parents. The police are treating the emails as a hoax because 1) the sender didn't name a time and place and 2) the content of the email apparently suggests the sender has poor mental health. I'm not sure how many terrorists provide police with an ETA beforehand and the fact that someone threatening to kill kids has poor mental health would worry me more rather than less.
Since I found out about the emails I've kept DC at home. Our nursery has a main gate where they buzz you in but there are flats in the building (nursery is on the ground floor) so it's not just parents getting buzzed in to the ground floor. The nursery then has another gate but it's often unlocked and just not secure. If the nursery was more secure I think I would feel differently. They have stopped all trips off the site.
I doubt the police will catch this person in the next few weeks and they don't seem to be taking it seriously. My DC is moving to a new school in September but now I'm literally thinking do I keep them off nursery for the next five months? Am I being a crazy person? I've just been so shocked by the email I feel a bit off balance and I'm not sure of my judgement. Maybe there's a middle ground I just can't see it. But AIBU to keep off nursery for the next 5 months?