Police investigate bomb threats made on hacked Scottish tourism Instagram account

Police Scotland has said that they are “aware” of posts shared on social media threatening to “bomb” public buildings.

Posts were shared on what appeared to be a hacked Scottish tourism Instagram page named ‘100Scotland’ which boasts around 140,000 followers.

In the posts, a supposed “terrorist group” named WF said it had planted explosive devices in buildings across Scotland, including shopping centres and universities.

Concerning posts shared included messages of "Scotland will be dead" and threats that bombs had been planted in buildings such as shopping centres and universities. | Instagram

The post read: “Hello, we are from the terrorist group WF. We’ve decided to use this group to let you know about our pranks.

“We’ve planted bombs in all shopping centres, universities and other places where bio-rubbish congregates in Scotland.”

The post added: “Good luck finding our bombs.”

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Another post also shared a message which it said: “Scotland will be dead.”

The concerning posts have been shared with Police Scotland who are investigating.

A spokesperson for the force said: "We are aware of the posts and are assessing them to establish the source."