In Italy, 3.7 thousand schools received letters threatening the explosion – 77 of them were evacuated

An email threatening an explosion in Italy on November 12 received 3,778 schools, 77 of them evacuated. It's from sb.by.

As noted by TASS, the Council of Ministers of Italy after the meeting of the interdepartmental Committee on security of the Republic reported:

- The meeting was called after mass mailing of bomb threats to schools across the country yesterday and today. The purpose of the meeting is to prevent unwarranted threats that could disrupt vital services and to ensure the safety of students, teachers, school staff, families and more generally the entire community. According to preliminary data, 3,778 schools received email threats today. 77 schools were evacuated and 36 of them resumed their classes.

The closed technical committee will develop a system of procedures and tools for short-, medium- and long-term response measures

- These measures will affect not only schools, but also other potential facilities. For each sector, the relevant administrations will provide the necessary information to quickly identify unwarranted threats and define criteria and procedures for responding.

Prime Minister George Meloni discussed the topic at a meeting with opposition leaders, who promised to support the work at the legislative level.

On November 11, bomb threats were sent to more than 6,000 schools, and evacuations were much more widespread, according to the security protocol. According to the Il Fatto quotidiano newspaper, the emergency cost €3 million on November 11 alone. The ongoing investigation examines the link between emails about bombs sent to schools and messages received about explosive devices on planes traveling on European routes. Schools in Italy have again begun to receive e-mails with bomb threats: some institutions are evacuated