Italian schools face second consecutive day of bomb hoax threats
More than 1,800 schools across Italy received a second wave of bomb threat emails, prompting evacuations despite no devices being found.
A second wave of bomb threat emails was sent to Italian schools on Thursday, affecting roughly 1,800 institutions from Milan to Sicily. The messages, signed by a self-identified "Mikhail Andropov, leader of Vilayat di Misoginistan," were similar to those that caused evacuations on Wednesday, though no explosives have been discovered.
The Italian government advised that, in the absence of concrete evidence beyond a mass email indicating danger, schools should not automatically evacuate. The email was reportedly sent from a hacked teacher account in the Philippines.
The threats coincided with unrelated bomb hoaxes targeting airports and airlines in several European countries last week. An extremist misogynistic group initially claimed responsibility for some threats but later denied any connection to the school warnings.
"Many parents are concerned and have been demanding clarity and action from the government," reports La Repubblica.
Protests have also taken place after a headmaster in Rome chose not to act on a threatening message she deemed a fake due to typographical errors.