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Local reporting said cases were reported in Stralsund in which costumed people frightened other people as part of the Cat in the Hat social-media trend; police warned that the pranks can cause real fear and may have criminal consequences.
Several Malmö schools received police visits during the week as Cat in the Hat reports continued to come in; police said most cases appeared to be pranks and reminded the public that some posts may be unlawful.
A Gothenburg school was tagged in a Cat in the Hat post, while police were aware of threats involving multiple schools in the region.
Police in Alingsås recorded two reports tied to the Cat in the Hat trend.
Documented local Cat in the Hat trend incident involving named schools and districts.
Walker County schools added security at Cordova High, Oakman Middle and Parrish Elementary/Middle after Cat in the Hat social-media threats targeted students and schools in the district.
Reports of supposed Cat in the Hat sightings circulated in Stroud, Gloucestershire during the UK hoax wave; the posts were part of the AI-generated location-scare trend.
A resident reported feeling threatened by a person in a cat costume who allegedly waited outside while holding a club; police opened an investigation.
Pasco deputies arrested a 16-year-old Gulf High School student in a separate Cat in the Hat case and filed the same written-threat and communications-device charges.
A school in the Uppsala area was threatened with a sword attack in Cat in the Hat social-media posts; the municipality acted and police opened an investigation.
Documented local Cat in the Hat trend incident with a police report.
RCMP said they were aware of a separate Cat in the Hat trend case in Fort St. James in the Nechako Lakes school district, alongside the West Kelowna investigation.