Schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday (November 11) after around 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, Reuters reports.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also said many of their schools received a similar email threat from abroad but it was classed as a hoax and did not disrupt classes.
In Italy, schools closed swiftly after the warnings, prompting many parents to drop what they were doing to collect children.
A copy of the message seen by Reuters also included a threat to target Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. She said the bomb alerts posed no danger and that police and other public bodies were monitoring the situation.
