At least 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday, following the acceptance of threatening emails allegedly a bomb was placed in each building. Students and educational staff have been removed from the sites, while police have conducted searches to verify the threats.
Italian Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara has announced on television ãoLa7) that nearly 300 schools have been affected so far, but warned that this number could increase, reports Reuters.
According to reports, alarms have been recorded in parts of the country, from north to south, including the provinces of Milan, Bresca, Padova, Trieste, Modeena, Rome, Fronones, Riet, Potenza, Lecce, Palermos and Syracuse.
A school in Rome has informed parents that all students had been sent to a safe place and were staying under the care of teachers. So far, authorities have not announced finding any explosive devices, writes Reuters.
What did the threatening email contain?
The message was signed by a person who was represented as Rikhail Andropov, leader of an organization called Misoginistan’s Vilietti.
The email claimed that each school building had been placed inside a plastic bag, a powerful explosive device that could be activated from a distance. The message also contained threats of genocide against Italians and the claim that a bomb had been placed in the Italian prime minister’s car, according to the report. Sky TG24.
So far, however, there is no official information that links the name used in email with any real person or group.
It’s not the first time schools get such threats
A few days earlier, a similar email had been sent to some 200 school principals in Italy.
The latest case comes at a time when European countries have also faced false threats to flights and cyber attacks on supermarket refrigerators.
Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara has spoken of a strategy that may be related to recent threats and attacks, but has said it is difficult to determine who is behind them. He announced that intelligence services are working to clear cases, while the case will also be investigated by the prosecution.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Guido Cronetto said these threats are intended to spread fears, stressing that police are working to distinguish serious threats from those of people who make groundless claims.
Even schools in Britain received threatening e – mails
On Wednesday, threatening e – mails have also accepted schools in Scotland and other parts of the United Kingdom.
Scotland police reported that these messages are being treated as false threats and that, according to its assessment, they do not pose reliable risks. Authorities stressed that schools do not need to be evacuated only because of these emails.
However, some schools in Perth and Kinross, Fife and Inverclyde have been evacuated, reports the report. STV News.
So far, there is no official confirmation that the emails received in Italy and Britain have been sent by the same person or group.
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