{
  "id": 19506880,
  "title": "Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK and Ireland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/hoax-bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-uk-and-ireland",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T14:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/11/11/hoax-bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-uk-and-ireland"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Schools in Italy, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland received bomb warnings on Wednesday, causing the evacuation of around 6,300 educational institutions. The threats, which originated abroad, were later deemed hoaxes and did not disrupt classes. In Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni assured the public that the bomb alerts posed no danger, and police and other public bodies were monitoring the situation. Many parents were alarmed by the situation, as evidenced by Nensi Bego, a parent of a child at Mazzini middle school in Rome, who said her daughter Dafne cried when she learned about the threats. A copy of the email warning, signed by a purported leader named Mikhail Andropov from the Vilayat of Misoginistan, included a threat to target Meloni. Italian defence minister Guido Crosetto stated that the threats were part of a strategy to spread fear and create anxiety, emphasizing that hoaxes can have serious consequences for school communities.",
  "summary": "Thousands of schools in Italy closed swiftly after the warnings, prompting many parents to drop what they were doing to collect their children.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-11T12:37:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK, Ireland in latest disruption",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/hoax-bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-uk-ireland-in-latest",
        "published": "2026-11-11T13:14:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Italy evacuates over 300 schools after bomb threats; similar alerts reported in UK, Ireland",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/italy-evacuates-over-300-schools-after-bomb-threats-similar-alerts",
        "published": "2026-11-11T13:49:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}