Bomb alerts, emails with threats to 3,700 schools. P. Chigi convenes a technical table for tomorrow

The emails threatening the presence of bombs are still signed by Mikhail Andropov and have reached around 3,800 institutions in different regions. There were a few dozen evacuations. In the afternoon the CISR met to agree on a protocol to follow. Anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating for causing alarm and aggravated threats. Email also to the Supervisory Court of Rome

New bomb threat emails have arrived at 3,778 schools in many regions of Italy and, like yesterday, they are always signed by Mikhail Andropov. There were 77 evacuations, and in 36 of these schools teaching activities resumed the same morning. The Interministerial Committee for the Security of the Republic (CISR) met today and Palazzo Chigi has convened a new technical table for tomorrow. Government sources have made it known that the executive, "through the Ministers of the Interior and of Education, immediately communicated, respectively, to the Prefects and school heads so that school activities continue regularly, unless - according to the assessment that each Prefect will operate in the area - there are specific and well-founded reasons for alarm. The decision of some school heads to order the evacuation of individual institutions took place immediately after the arrival of the bombing e-mails, and before receiving the indications of the Ministers". Meanwhile, the anti-terrorism prosecutors of the Rome Prosecutor's Office are investigating: in the proceedings, coordinated by the chief prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi, the crimes of causing alarm and aggravated threats are hypothesized.

The bomb scare in a classical high school in Palermo

Among the first schools of which we received news today is the Umberto classical high school in Palermo, which was evacuated this morning. A notice was sent to parents: "Since this morning a message from an unknown address was received on the school's email address announcing the massacre of pupils and staff at 10.50 am sharp, although we believe that this was also a false alarm in our case, we believe out of prudence that we need to let the children leave early and send them home. We therefore inform you that all classes are being dismissed today."

The situation in schools

The email with the bomb threat arrived in many Italian cities and provinces from North to South, including Milan, Turin, Genoa, Parma, Bologna, Modena, Ferrara, Vicenza, Fermo, Perugia, Pescara, Chieti, Rome, Naples, Campobasso, Palermo and Catania. Reports have also been recorded in Puglia. In some cases the institutions were evacuated and the parents of the students received a notification to go and collect their children, while in others investigations were ordered.

New fake bomb threat at Palazzo Chigi

And the new mail bombing operation in recent hours (aimed at email addresses with the domain of the Ministry of Education) has also launched a bomb alert at Palazzo Chigi and the request for the resignation of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: a new "fake alarm", it is explained, following which no controls were activated because "it is evident that it is the repetition of an unfounded alarm". In addition to the email, in fact, they explain from government headquarters, "there is no specific signal that it is a concrete alarm".

Email also to the Supervisory Court of Rome

An email with a bomb threat was also delivered this morning to the Surveillance Court in Rome. According to what we learn, the judicial office was not evacuated and activity continued regularly.

"Your life is in danger," the bombshell warns in a new email

"Attention. I inform you that today, November 12, the building has been mined and at this precise moment your life is in danger", we read in the new email also signed by the self-styled Mikhail Andropov but - unlike yesterday - sent from various addresses with domains in the Philippines, including compromised and violated email addresses attributable to teachers. As already happened yesterday - in that case the email address was that of a Taiwanese student - whoever is behind it could have exploited those addresses to enter a database with a list of Italian schools to be included in the bomb threat with a phishing system or have exploited the potential of artificial intelligence. It cannot be ruled out that behind those profiles there may be groups that have purchased government credentials or already stolen access on the dark web, where there is thriving traffic.

The text

"The explosive device - states the text - was made with care and contains a mixture of ammonium nitrate and nitromethane (ANNM). Inside the body of the device there are numerous metal fragments which, after detonation, will maim the survivors. To prevent it from being detected by sniffer dogs, it has been placed in vacuum bags, which excludes the possibility of tracing it. Furthermore, at this very moment an explosive device was placed in Palazzo Chigi, in Piazza Colonna, 370. We are aware that you will most likely consider it a joke, and this is precisely why we have detonated a bomb in one of the city's schools at this very moment, causing the death of some people. We ask for the immediate resignation of the current Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni; we will give you some time to make a decision adequate, there will be hundreds of victims. With contempt, Mikhail Andropov."

Media: "Bomb alerts in France, some schools evacuated"

Several schools were also evacuated today in France following bomb threats. Le Parisien writes it. In Marseille, the Don Bosco high school was evacuated around 7am, La Provence reports. The police and a bomb squad were on site, accompanied by a dog trained to search for explosives. In the Jura, the Morez high school was evacuated "after receiving a threatening message", writes La Voix du Jura. The Victor-Bérard high school received a "disturbing message" via email, the school's management said. A nearby middle school was also evacuated. Bomb squads have been mobilized. In Laon (Aisne), the University Institute of Technology was evacuated this morning due to a bomb threat, reports L'Union.