At least 300 Italian schools evacuated after email bomb alerts
Italian officials said 312 schools were evacuated after identical email threats, while police found no evidence of a concrete danger.
- On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, hundreds of schools across Italy, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Ireland were evacuated after receiving identical bomb threat emails signed 'Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan.'
- The purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent on Friday to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria, establishing a pattern of hoax campaigns targeting institutions across Europe.
- Police Scotland, the Education Authority in Northern Ireland, and Irish police declared the messages 'not credible' hoaxes, yet many institutions evacuated students as a precaution, leaving pupils waiting outside in cold conditions.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated there is no 'concrete danger,' while Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said he will brief parliament on security implications and the alerts' connection to broader destabilization efforts.
- Rising European concerns about 'hybrid' warfare reveal the broader context, with recent weeks seeing similar hoax threats target supermarkets and airlines, exploiting digital infrastructure to sow widespread fear across public services.
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Italy School Bomb Threats Signed by 'Leader of Misoginistan' Force Evacuation of 300 Schools
At least 312 Italian schools received bomb-threat emails, prompting evacuations across the country. Officials described the alerts as likely a hoax or cyberattack, while investigations continued.
Today, Wednesday, the Italian authorities evacuated at least 300 schools throughout the country, after receiving e-mails containing bomb threats, which disrupted the educational process.
Schools in Italy, U.K. and Ireland get hoax bomb threats amid concern over hybrid warfare targeting Europe
Less than a week after more than 20 European fights got fake bomb threats, hundreds of schools in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland were hit by similar hoaxes.
Security scare triggered across Italy after 300 schools receive bomb threats days after flight chaos in Europe
Hundreds of schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday following suspected hoax bomb threats, with Italian media reporting that 312 schools had received alerts. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said initial checks found no concrete danger, while authorities launched probe to identify culprits.
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