Bomb threats targeting schools in Europe: "nothing" was found in Italian establishments, reports Giorgia Meloni

Hundreds of schools were also targeted with threatening messages on Wednesday in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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The President of the Italian Council, Giorgia Meloni, assured that none of the bomb threats which targeted thousands of educational establishments in her country allowed, at this stage, to conclude that there was a concrete threat. “In many establishments, the students went out, the police checked room by room and I tell you the most important thing right away: we found nothing, in any school,” she declared in a video message posted on her social networks, Wednesday, November 11 in the evening. “To date, there is no element indicating a concrete danger,” added the head of government, following a meeting in Rome with the ministers concerned as well as those responsible for the intelligence services and cybersecurity.

More than 6,000 establishments targeted in Italy. Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara on Wednesday evening gave an updated report on false bomb threats received by many Italian schools. Around 6,300 public establishments have received threats, out of the 7,476 in the country, according to the minister, cited by Italian media.

Threatening messages deemed not credible by the police in Scotland and Ireland. Police in Northern Ireland said they were investigating "threatening emails" sent to more than 300 schools on Wednesday. Similar threats have been received by establishments in Scotland, but "our assessment remains that they do not constitute a credible threat", say the local police. In Ireland, such messages were sent to "a number of educational establishments", underlines the police, who also consider that "this threat is not credible" and "do not recommend" any evacuation.

“We have come to destroy you.” On franceinfo, France Télévisions' correspondent in Italy, Paul-Luc Monnier, quotes the message received by Italian school leaders around 10 a.m.: "We have come to destroy you. We have come to commit genocide against the Italians. I have just placed a powerful explosive device in your building." According to authorities, no bomb was found.

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#BOMBE_ALERTS France 2's "8 p.m." returns this evening to the false bomb alerts which affected thousands of schools in Italy, but also in Ireland and the United Kingdom. The Italian Defense Minister, Guido Crosetto, denounced "a strategy which aims to sow terror, to arouse concern".

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#BOMB_ALERTS The President of the Italian Council, Giorgia Meloni, spoke this evening about the false bomb threats that affected thousands of schools in Italy today. “In many establishments, the students went out, the police checked room by room and I tell you the most important thing straight away: we found nothing, in any school,” she assured. According to the leader, the messages were aimed above all at “scaring fear”, provoking “suspicion” and “chaos”.

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Here is a new update on the news of the day:

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• #BOMB_ALERTS More than 6,000 schools received false bomb threats today in Italy, according to Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara. Schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland have been targeted with similar threatening messages. At this time, no alert has been deemed credible. Follow our live stream.

• #CHRISTOPHE_GLEIZES It has been 500 days today since French journalist Christophe Gleizes has been detained in Algeria. “What we want now is more offensive diplomacy,” ask the reporter’s mother and stepfather.

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#BOMB_ALERTS Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara gave an updated assessment of false bomb threats received by many Italian schools today. Around 6,300 public establishments have received threats, out of the 7,476 in the country, according to the minister.

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“At present, the checks carried out do not reveal any element allowing us to conclude that there is a concrete danger,” declared the head of the Italian government, Giorgia Meloni. “These reports seem rather to be part of a strategy aimed at sowing panic and worry, into which all the necessary investigations are underway.”

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#BOMBE_ALERTS More than 6,000 schools received threats today in Italy, according to Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara.

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• #TRAPPES During the search of the home of the main suspect in the terrorist attack in Trappes and La Verrière, investigators discovered on a post-it a list of four left-wing and far-left personalities as well as their telephone numbers, franceinfo learned, confirming information from BFMTV/RMC.

• #RUSSIA French deputies Sacha Houlié and Arthur Delaporte, as well as journalists Ariane Chemin and Paul Gogo, are now banned from entering Russia, announces Russian diplomacy, a measure taken in response to the expulsion of pro-Kremlin columnist Xenia Fedorova. #UKRAINE

• #BOMB_ALERTS Many schools have been evacuated across Italy after bomb threats, the country's authorities announced. Schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland have been targeted with similar threatening messages. At this time, no alert has been deemed credible. Follow our live stream.

• #CHRISTOPHE_GLEIZES It has been 500 days today since French journalist Christophe Gleizes has been detained in Algeria. “What we want now is more offensive diplomacy,” ask the reporter’s mother and stepfather.

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It's 2 p.m., here are the titles:

• #BOMB_ALERTS Many schools have been evacuated across Italy after bomb threats, the country's authorities announced. Schools in the UK and Ireland have been targeted with similar threatening messages. At this time, no alert has been deemed credible. Follow our live stream.

• #UKRAINE Russia and Ukraine agree to a “large-scale” exchange of prisoners, the head of the Russian delegation announced in Abu Dhabi following talks with kyiv under American mediation. Direct discussions between Ukraine and Russia under American mediation ended this morning. Follow our live stream.

• #CHRISTOPHE_GLEIZES It has been 500 days today since French journalist Christophe Gleizes has been detained in Algeria. “What we want now is more offensive diplomacy,” ask the reporter’s mother and stepfather.

• #11_NOVEMBER Emmanuel Macron presided over his last ceremony on November 11 as President of the Republic. Relive in our livestream the commemoration of this day dedicated to the dead for France.

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#BOMBE_ALERTS "Parents were asked to come and collect their children urgently", reports Paul-Luc Monnier from Rome. The France Télévisions correspondent in Italy quotes the message received by the heads of establishment around 10 a.m.: "We have come to destroy you. We have come to commit genocide against the Italians. I have just placed a powerful explosive device in your building." According to authorities, no bomb was found. The head of government nevertheless called an emergency meeting at 4 p.m.

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#BOMB_ALERTS The newspaper La Repubblica publishes a video of students evacuated in Turin after the broadcast of a bomb alert by email which affected dozens of establishments in the country.

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#BOMB_ALERTS Schools in the United Kingdom are also affected by threatening messages, the Scottish police announced on X. “Our investigations have established that there is no evidence to suggest that this is a credible threat,” police said.

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