Bomb alarm in more than 100 schools in Italy

According to the news of the Italian Rainews24 channel, following the cyber attacks targeting supermarket refrigerators and false bomb threats against airplanes in the past weeks, a bomb alarm was issued in more than 100 schools across the country.

In an e-mail signed "Mikhail Andropov", a notice that a bomb was found in some schools caused the evacuation of many schools.

It was reported in the press that necessary checks were carried out in schools that received the e-mail containing a bomb threat.

Many schools in the capital Rome were evacuated due to a bomb alarm. Schools in the Appio-Tuscolano district of Rome and nurseries nearby were also evacuated.

Apart from the capital, bomb threats were made to many schools across the country in Milan, Trieste, Bologna, Naples, Reggio Calabria and Sardinia Island.

The threatening letter read, "We have come to destroy you." The statement was included.

Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara, who was in Brussels to attend a program, stated in a press statement that 312 schools were affected by the bomb threat and said, "I want to send a comforting message because there is no danger at the moment, so there should be no panic or anything else." he said.

It was reported that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called an emergency meeting of the security committee this afternoon, following threatening e-mails that caused panic and the evacuation of schools across the country.

Prime Minister Meloni also stated the following in his written statement on social media platforms:

"The government closely follows the numerous bomb threat reports in schools. Law enforcement forces and public institutions at all levels are working to monitor the situation and reassure citizens, families and school personnel. In the current investigations, no findings have been found indicating the existence of a concrete danger. It is considered that the notifications in question are part of a strategy aimed at creating fear and anxiety in the public. All necessary investigations on the subject are continuing."

Opposition 5 Star Movement (M5S) MP Luca Pirondini emphasized that this was a serious alarm and called on Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi to inform the parliament.