More than 300 schools evacuated in Italy after bomb alerts
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Illustrative image · Pew Nguyen · Pexels · Licence PexelsMore than 300 Italian schools were evacuated on 11 November 2026 after the same bomb alert was sent by email, prompting bomb disposal teams to intervene in Rome, Milan, Naples and Bologna. Postal police are investigating a coordinated sending of hoax alerts, while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no concrete danger, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said more than 300 schools had been evacuated on Wednesday 11 November after receiving the same email announcing a bomb. Classes were suspended notably in Rome, Milan, Naples and Bologna, while police officers and bomb disposal teams searched the establishments, according to La Nouvelle Tribune.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was “no concrete danger”. Postal police are investigating the origin of the messages and examining the possibility of a coordinated sending of hoax alerts using falsified email addresses, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
The email was signed by a man presenting himself as Mikhail Andropov, self-proclaimed leader of the “Vilayat of Misoginistan”, and contained threats against Italians, according to Giornale di Brescia. Dozens of Italian schools had already been evacuated on 19 October after anonymous emails. On Wednesday, schools in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland also received threats by email, reports La Nouvelle Tribune.
