Italian authorities evacuate 300 schools after bomb threats via email

Italian authorities evacuated approximately 300 schools across the country on Wednesday after receiving bomb threats sent by email, ABC News reported.

The threats come amid recent hoax bomb threats targeting European airlines and broadcasters, indicating a pattern of disruptions to public institutions.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni stated there was no evidence of any concrete danger to the schools and described the threats as attempts to generate alarm and concern.

An anonymous email also contained a threat against Premier Meloni, though she did not comment on this personally. The email threats were reportedly linked to pro-Russian hackers, according to Meloni.

Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara confirmed the number of schools affected, and investigations into the threats are ongoing.

At one affected school in Rome, students evacuated after initially mistaking the alarm for a recess bell, learning only afterward about the bomb threat conveyed in the email.