{"id":4219,"date":"2026-11-11T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4219"},"modified":"2026-11-11T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T13:03:44","slug":"bomb-alerts-sent-to-schools-in-italy-and-northern-ireland-in-latest-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4219","title":{"rendered":"Bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy and Northern Ireland in latest threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least 300 schools \u200cin Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving a bomb alert message, the government said, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks on supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters across Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara told La7 \u200bTV channel that the alerts were presumed to be hoaxes, adding that the number \u200bof schools affected was expected to rise.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of schools in Northern Ireland \u2060were also sent a threatening email, the Northern Ireland Education Authority said on Wednesday, but have \u200bbeen advised to stay open as the authority said police did not regard it as a \u200bcredible threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a nationwide bomb alert, we wish to inform you that all students have been taken to a safe area and remain under the supervision of teaching staff,\u201d one school in Rome informed parents through a \u200bmessaging app.<\/p>\n<p>The email received in Italy was signed \u201cMikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan,\u201d according \u200bto a copy of the message seen by <em>Reuters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The same purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent \u200con \u2060Friday to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria.<\/p>\n<p>Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Wednesday\u2019s threats were \u201cpart of a strategy that is quite clear by now: to spread fear and create anxiety,\u201d according to Adnkronos news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not always the work of foreign countries or hostile entities. There are also \u200battention-seekers and lunatics who, \u200bat a time like \u2060this, cannot wait to unleash terror in a city or a region,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Italian police forces are investigating the matter, a spokesperson for Rome \u200bpolice said.<\/p>\n<p>France summoned Iran\u2019s ambassador on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of a cyberattack \u200bthat disabled refrigerators \u2060in hundreds of supermarkets last week. Iran\u2019s foreign ministry rejected as \u201cbaseless and hostile\u201d accusations that its Revolutionary Guards were behind the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>There are also concerns among European officials that hoax threats may be part \u2060of \u200ba campaign of \u201chybrid\u201d disruptions, which many have blamed on Russia, \u200baimed at countries helping Ukraine. Moscow has denied involvement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 300 schools \u200cin Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving a bomb alert message, the government said, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks on supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters across Europe. Italian Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara told La7 \u200bTV channel that the alerts were presumed to be hoaxes, adding that the number \u200bof schools affected was expected to rise. A large number of schools in Northern Ireland \u2060were also sent a threatening email, the Northern Ireland Education Authority said on Wednesday, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}