Italy evacuates schools after bomb threats

At least 300 schools across Italy were evacuated after receiving emailed bomb threats, prompting police checks and interrupting lessons. The incident added to a wider wave of threats against European institutions and led Italian leaders to call it an attempt to spread fear and disruption.

Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara said about 300 schools had been affected, while the Education Ministry said the email reached more than 6,300 schools; the number evacuated was not immediately confirmed. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said checks of thousands of school buildings found no concrete threat, and authorities were working with European counterparts to identify the source.