Italy to hold emergency meeting after schools bomb threat

Antonio Vanuzzo, Donato Paolo Mancini and Jennifer Duggan, Bloomberg News on Nov 11, 2026

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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will chair an emergency government meeting Wednesday, after hundreds of schools across the country shut following an anonymous email bomb threat.

Meloni and intelligence services will discuss measures to prevent further disruptions and similar episodes, an official in her office said. Students in over 300 schools were asked to leave the premises after an emailed threat, instruction minister Giuseppe Valditara said. The source of the email was not disclosed by authorities.

“At the moment, based on our intel, there is no evidence of concrete threats,” Meloni wrote in a social media post.

Media in Ireland also reported Wednesday that police are investigating a series of bomb threats made to a large number of schools around the country. The police force, an Garda Síochána, said it is aware of a communication that was sent to a number of schools but assess the threat is not credible. It is not advising any schools to evacuate.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is also investigating threatening emails sent to over 300 schools in the region, it said in a statement Wednesday. It is treating the emails, which originated from outside the U.K., as a hoax.

Cyberattacks have been increasing in Europe, with targets including flights and supermarkets. Attackers have disrupted a range of activities, including operations at funeral homes and supermarket freezers.

Meloni and her officials have blamed pro-Russian hackers for recent cyberattacks also affecting Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, after a rise in hybrid disruptions from entities aligned with Vladimir Putin’s government. Tajani, who also serves as deputy prime minister, said Saturday that hackers had published his personal information on the dark web, citing intimidation as a motive.

—With assistance from Alessandra Migliaccio and Flavia Rotondi.