{
  "id": 19494343,
  "title": "Bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy and Northern Ireland in latest threats",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-and-northern-ireland-in-latest-19494343",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T12:37:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261111/bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-and-northern-ireland-in-latest-threats"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nFollowing 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.",
  "summary": "At least 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving a bomb alert message, the government said, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks on supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters across Europe. Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara told La7 TV channel that the alerts were presumed to be hoaxes, adding that the number of schools affected…",
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "🔴Italy: At least 300 schools evacuated after email bomb alerts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/italy-at-least-300-schools-evacuated-after-email-bomb-alerts",
        "published": "2026-11-11T10:59:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "Bomb threat emails trigger evacuation of 300 schools across Italy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bomb-threat-emails-trigger-evacuation-of-300-schools-across-italy",
        "published": "2026-11-11T11:44:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/schools-evacuated-across-italy-after-bomb-threats",
        "published": "2026-11-11T11:57:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy and Northern Ireland in latest threats",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-and-northern-ireland-in-latest",
        "published": "2026-11-11T11:59:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}