The emails threatening the presence of bombs are still signed by Mikhail Andropov and have reached around 1,800 institutes in different regions. Palazzo Chigi sources: "The Government has immediately communicated to the Prefects and school directors so that school activities continue regularly, unless there are specific and well-founded reasons for alarm". 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 around 1,800 schools in many regions of Italy and, like yesterday, they are always signed by Mikhail Andropov. Sources at Palazzo Chigi have made it known that "in the face of the bombing emails containing bomb threats sent this morning to a series of schools (the provisional figure is 1,803), and even before the technical CISR convened for the afternoon, the Government, 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 territory - there are specific and well-founded reasons for alarm by some school directors to order the evacuation of individual institutions took place immediately after the arrival of the bombing emails, and before receiving the Ministers' instructions". 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.
"Attention. I inform you that today, November 12, the building has been mined and at this precise moment your life is in danger", reads the new email also signed by the self-styled Mikhail Andropov but - unlike yesterday - sent from various addresses with domains in the Philippines. "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.
