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Italy, United Kingdom, Ireland: thousands of schools threatened

High school students from the capital are among the evacuated students.

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Key facts

  • On Wednesday, November 11, 6,300 Italian public schools receive a bomb alert, out of the 7,400 on the peninsula. The same day, similar messages…
  • High school students from the capital are among the pupils evacuated. Parents rush to collect their children.
  • In Rome, police are at a nursery school on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, November 11, 6,300 Italian public schools receive a bomb alert, out of the 7,400 on the peninsula. The same day, similar messages target schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

High school students from the capital are among the pupils evacuated. Parents rush to collect their children.

In Rome, police are at a nursery school on Wednesday.

Elsewhere, pupils recount being told that an email had arrived:"We were told that an email had arrived, a bomb threat.".

In the United Kingdom and Ireland, messages of the same kind also target schools this Wednesday.

Giorgia Meloni states that no concrete danger has been identified. According to her, these reports appear to stem from a strategy aimed at sowing panic and anxiety.

The alerts are thus presented as a means of stirring terror and anxiety, rather than as the manifestation of a proven danger.

Dig deeper

Who is Giorgia Meloni?

President of the Italian Council since 2022, she leads the government and described these alerts as a maneuver intended to sow panic, with no concrete danger identified.

Why does Rome figure in this account?

The capital of Italy, it saw pupils evacuated, including those at a nursery school where police intervened.

What does a bomb alert mean here?

Schools receive a threatening message, often by email, which leads to evacuations and checks without any verified danger having been established.

Why are the United Kingdom and Ireland concerned?

On the same day, schools in both countries received messages of the same type as those targeting thousands of Italian schools.

What is at stake for pupils and families?

The scale of the evacuations interrupted the school day and prompted parents to pick up their children, fueling collective anxiety.

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