At least 300 Italian schools evacuated after email bomb alerts
- 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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Hoax bomb warnings sent to schools in Italy
ROME — Schools across Italy were evacuated Wednesday after about 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks around Europe against supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters.
Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK, and Ireland in latest disruption
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Bomb attacks have targeted thousands of schools across Europe. Hundreds of buildings in Italy have been evacuated while police investigate the origin of the threats.
The United Kingdom and Ireland have not recommended evacuation of institutions for doubting messages. Italy has emptied at least 300 colleges after threat by
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