Nearly 300 Italian schools were evacuated after receiving the same bomb threat message

Approximately 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after receiving the same alert message regarding the presence of a bomb. Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara warned that the number of institutions targeted could increase.

A school in Rome told parents that, following the nationwide alert, all students had been taken to a safe area and were under the supervision of teaching staff. According to a government source, the message was signed by “Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misogynistan.”

Italian police are investigating the incident. The alert comes amid growing concerns in Europe about “hybrid warfare” threats, which have targeted supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic, and television stations.

In Northern Ireland, police are also investigating after hundreds of schools received threatening messages on Wednesday. The Education Authority said these resemble false alerts sent last month to up to 300 schools in the region.