More than 300 schools across Italy were evacuated following bomb warnings, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing the country’s education minister. The alerts triggered security measures at educational
institutions amid a series of threats targeting public infrastructure across Europe.
The latest reports come after hundreds of Italian schools received threatening emails earlier in November, warning of explosives inside school buildings. The messages prompted evacuations and police searches in several regions, including Lazio, Veneto, Lombardy and Liguria.
However, the number of schools that actually carried out evacuations remains unclear. Italian public broadcaster Rai News reported that more than 270 schools received the threatening emails, with several institutions evacuating students and staff as a precaution. In Rome, eight schools were reportedly among those targeted.
In one reported incident, a primary school in Rome’s Tuscolano neighbourhood evacuated children to a nearby park while police and bomb disposal teams searched the premises. The checks did not uncover any explosives.
A separate security alert was reported in Rome on Wednesday, November 11, involving around 20 schools. The Rome Prefecture confirmed the incident as a cyberattack, although details about its nature and those responsible remained unclear.
