Italy on alert: 6,000 schools receive bomb threats, triggering mass evacuations. VIDEO

Around 6,000 educational centers across Italy were affected this Wednesday by false bomb threats and, although many were evacuated with the subsequent shock for students, parents, and teachers, authorities have ruled out any risk.

The figure was provided by sources from the Ministry of Education cited in local media following the alert that occurred this morning in public schools and institutes in almost all regions of the country, except for the Aosta Valley and Trentino Alto Adige (north).

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The false alarms arrived anonymously via email to the educational centers, which forced the deployment of inspection operations by Italian security forces, without any explosive device having been found so far.

Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, stated that no sign of "real danger" has been detected following these false threats, although she has called an emergency meeting this afternoon in Rome to assess the situation.

Shock in schools and institutes

Despite everything, the false warnings caused confusion and shock in schools and institutes where dozens of parents crowded toward noon at the doors of various schools to pick up their children.

In Rome, EFE verified how at the doors of centers such as the Liceo Talete, the Terenzio Mamiani, and the Luigi Einaudi institute, some students left very nervous, even in tears, while calling their parents on the phone to find out where to meet.

Others, already reunited with their families, laughed and celebrated the unexpected suspension of classes, oblivious to the concern for the alarm that had caused their evacuation.

Amidst backpacks and shouting, there was an atmosphere of tension, palpable in the bustle of students, teachers, and staff, who ended up merging into hugs to calm down after the morning of agitation.

The teachers, who orderly led their students toward their parents, also seemed shocked, since this is already the second massive episode of these characteristics in Italy so far in November.

Second episode of false alarms

At the beginning of the month, a similar chain of intimidating messages directed at more than 270 school principals also caused the interruption of classes and police inspections in dozens of institutes throughout the national territory.

The police are keeping an investigation open to track the origin of the communications and identify the authors of these mass mailings.

The new false bomb threats occur in a context of growing concern about hybrid threats and security incidents recorded in Italy and Europe over the last few weeks.