Italian schools evacuated over bomb threats

The bomb-threat emails to Italian schools are signed "Mikhail Andropov", the same pseudonym used in earlier threats to Irish and Bulgarian media, Italian media report.

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Schools in Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia, were evacuated over the bomb email, ANSA reports.

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Fabriano's mayor Daniela Ghergo says two schools there were evacuated over the bomb alert and will reopen normally tomorrow.

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Italy's education ministry says about 6,000 schools received the bomb-threat email, far above the 300 cited earlier.

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Prosecutors in L'Aquila are investigating the bomb alerts at Abruzzo schools as an alarm offence with a terrorist aggravating circumstance, ANSA reports.

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Northern Ireland's police (PSNI) say over 300 schools there received the same bomb-threat email and confirm it is a false alarm.

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Schools in Termoli and Guglionesi in Molise have been evacuated over bomb alerts from the same emailed threat, ANSA reports.

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Police in the UK and Ireland say schools there also received threatening messages on Wednesday and are treating them as false alerts.

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More than 20 schools in Liguria have been evacuated over bomb alerts, ANSA reports, with Genoa prosecutors investigating.

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More than 50 schools in the Lazio region, including Rome, were evacuated as a precaution, public broadcaster BR reports.

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Genoa's prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into bomb alerts at dozens of schools in the city and province, citing threats and public service disruption.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the threats show no concrete danger and aim to cause alarm; investigations are under way. About 312 schools were evacuated, Le Monde reports.

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Police checks at the evacuated Italian schools have found no explosives so far, according to ANSA and El País.

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Education Minister Valditara told La7 the bomb threats also targeted flights, supermarkets and hospitals, and expects the school count to rise above 300.

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Education minister Valditara says the bomb alerts sent to about 300 Italian schools are presumed hoaxes. Government sources say there is no evidence of concrete danger.

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Around 300 schools across Italy received bomb-threat emails, prompting evacuations while Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni calls a government security meeting, officials say.

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