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🔴Italy: At least 300 schools evacuated after email bomb alerts

🔴Italy: At least 300 schools evacuated after email bomb alerts

Also reported by Al Jazeera

Summary

At least 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving the same bomb threat by email, Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said. He said authorities presumed the alerts were hoaxes and expected the number of affected schools to rise; Italian police are investigating.

Key Facts

  • The alerts led to evacuations at at least 300 schools across Italy.
  • Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said the schools received the same bomb alert message.
  • A school in Rome told parents that students had been moved to a safe area and were supervised by teaching staff.
  • A government source said the email was signed by a person claiming to be “Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan.”
  • The same purported author claimed responsibility for bomb-threat emails sent to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria on Friday.
  • Rome police said Italian police forces were investigating the matter.
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