Over 6,000 Italian schools receive e-mail bomb threats
In Italy, more than 6,000 schools received e-mailed bomb threats Wednesday, which authorities confirm was part of a coordinated hoax.
Hundreds of schools were evacuated and police conducted searches classroom by classroom.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the e-mails were aimed at generating alarm and concern and that an investigation is under way.
Scotland and Ireland reported similar incidents, though no evacuations were ordered. It follows a series of hoaxes across Europe targeting airlines and broadcasters.
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