Bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy and Northern Ireland in latest threats

Three hundred Italian schools were evacuated on Wednesday due to bomb alert messages, according to the government. This follows a series of threats and cyberattacks on various European targets, including supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic, and TV broadcasters. Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara suggested the alerts were likely hoaxes, and the count of affected schools is expected to increase.

Northern Ireland also received threatening emails from schools, but the Education Authority advised them to remain open, as police deemed the threats uncredible.

Following a nationwide bomb alert, a school in Rome informed parents through a messaging app that all students were relocated to a secure area and remained under the supervision of teaching staff. The email received in Italy was signed "Mikhail Andropov," who claimed to be the leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan. The same purported author is believed to be the source of the email bomb threats.