Red alert in schools in Europe: Bomb threat in many countries!
Hundreds of schools across Europe in Italy, Northern Ireland and Scotland were evacuated or took security measures due to bomb threats.
Quick Look
More than 100 schools in Italy were evacuated following bomb threats that came one after another in different European countries; Similar threatening e-mails were sent to more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland, but it was announced that the reports were unfounded.
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Why It Matters
Similar cyber and bomb threat emails have recently been sent to supermarkets, airlines and broadcasting organizations across Europe.
Following cyber attacks in supermarkets in many European cities in recent weeks and bomb threats reported by airlines, schools are now being targeted. Today, news of bomb threats came one after another from different countries in Europe.
100 SCHOOLS WERE EVACUATED IN ITALY
According to the news of the Italian Rainews24 channel, a bomb alarm was issued in more than 100 schools across the country today. An e-mail signed by "Mikhail Andropov" reported that a bomb was found in some schools, causing many schools to be evacuated.
It was reported in the press that necessary checks were carried out in schools that received the e-mail containing a bomb threat. It was stated that many schools in the capital Rome were evacuated due to a bomb alarm. It was stated that schools in the Appio-Tuscolano district of Rome and nurseries nearby were also evacuated.
Opposition 5 Star Movement (M5S) MP Luca Pirondini stated that this was a serious alarm and called on Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to inform the parliament.
BOMB REPORTS FROM NORTHERN EUROPE
After Italy reported the bomb threat, police in Northern Ireland and Scotland announced that hundreds of schools received e-mails containing bomb attack threats, but they were considered false.
Northern Ireland Police (PSNI) announced in a statement that an e-mail containing the same bomb attack threat was sent to more than 300 schools in the country this morning.
In the statement, it was noted that no findings were found to confirm the threat in any of the investigations, and it was stated that the e-mails were sent from outside the United Kingdom and were considered false.
PSNI Deputy Director Anthony McNally said such reports were taken seriously but there was no serious risk at this stage.
EUROPE IS INTERFERING
Bomb threats against schools in Northern Ireland and Scotland follow bomb threats in aviation and broadcasting across Europe.
Since the beginning of November, many planes in Europe had made emergency landings due to bomb threats, and some television channels and broadcasters, especially in the Republic of Ireland and England, had evacuated their buildings and stopped their live broadcasts following e-mails containing bomb threats.
Open Questions
- Who is the person or group behind the signature 'Mikhail Andropov' that sent the emails?
- Is there an organized cyber attack network behind the threats?
