Suspected bomb hoax threats force fresh evacuations of Italian schools
Also reported by Al Jazeera, France24
Summary
Bomb threats prompted evacuations at schools across Italy for a second consecutive day, with about 1,800 schools reporting threats on Thursday. Bomb squads found no devices, and the Italian government advised schools not to evacuate based only on mass emails without concrete evidence of danger.Key Facts
- About 1,800 schools from Milan to Sicily reported receiving a bomb threat on Thursday.
- A threat sent on Wednesday reached 6,300 of Italy’s 7,476 state schools.
- Bomb squads searched schools, but no devices were found.
- The Italian government advised against evacuations based solely on a mass email when there is no concrete evidence of danger.
- The threats were signed by a person using the name Mikhail Andropov.
- Officials said the Wednesday message may have originated in Taiwan; the Thursday message reportedly came from a Philippine teacher’s account that may have been hacked.
- Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland also received threats on Wednesday, but it was unclear whether those incidents were connected.
- A bomb alert at a rail station in Calais, France, delayed international and domestic train services on Thursday morning.
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