At least 300 schools in Italy have been evacuated on Wednesday, after accepting the same message for bomb threat, the Italian education minister has announced.

Security alert comes at a time when concerns in Europe are growing over so-called hybrid war threats targeting supermarkets, blood collection centres, air traffic and television broadcasters.

Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara told television La7 that 300 schools have been affected by bomb threats, adding that this number could increase.

After a national bomb threat, we would like to inform you that all students have been sent to a safe area and are under the supervision of educational personnel, said a school in Rome sent to parents.

The e-mail was signed under the name “Mikhal Andropov, leader of Misoginism Villajat, according to a government source that has knowledge of the case.

Italian police are investigating the case, a spokesman for Rome’s police has declared.

Source Layer: Insander