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Italian schools hit by second day of bomb threats
Around 1,800 schools across Italy received bomb threats on Thursday, the second day of mass hoaxes that have caused widespread evacuations despite no devices being found.
In brief
Around 1,800 schools across Italy received bomb threats on Thursday, the second day of mass hoaxes that have caused widespread evacuations despite no devices being found. Italy's schools faced a second day of bomb threat hoaxes affecting around 1,800 schools from Milan to Sicily, with no devices found but widespread…
Second day of mass threats
Schools across Italy received bomb threats for the second day in a row on Thursday. Around 1,800 schools from Milan in the north to Sicily in the south reported receiving similar threats.
No devices found anywhere
Bomb squads have searched many schools but no devices have been found anywhere, despite the widespread panic and evacuations caused by the threats.
Government advises against evacuation
The Italian government advised schools that in the absence of concrete evidence beyond mass emails, buildings must not be evacuated. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called it a strategy intended to cause alarm.
“a strategy intended to cause alarm and concern”
Parents demand clarity and action
Many parents are concerned and demanding clarity and action from the government. Protesters have called for new national guidelines after a Rome school headmaster dismissed a threat as fake due to typos.
The headline
Italy's schools faced a second day of bomb threat hoaxes affecting around 1,800 schools from Milan to Sicily, with no devices found but widespread panic and evacuations continuing.
