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Italy: school bomb threats

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This dossier follows threats sent to Italian schools, evacuations, security checks and the investigation into their authors. No link with other campaigns is presumed.

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Facade of the Galileo Galilei technical school in Rome.
Archive illustration, 17 February 2023; this school is not identified here as affected. Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; unchanged. — Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 17 février 2023 ; sans modification.

Where things stand

On 12 November 2026, fresh emails threaten Italian schools. Responses vary with local checks; the government announces guidance to avoid automatic evacuations based solely on mass emails.

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Italy: fresh school threats as Rome seeks to avoid automatic evacuations

Italian schools received fresh threatening emails on 12 November 2026. Checks are reported in Liguria and Puglia, among other areas, as Rome announces guidance intended to match the response to assessed risks.

Facade of the Galileo Galilei technical school in Rome.
Archive illustration, 17 February 2023; this school is not identified here as affected. Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; unchanged. — Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 17 février 2023 ; sans modification.

In Genoa, local authorities chose to conduct checks without another evacuation, according to La Repubblica’s reporting. Responses remain varied: Euronews reports that some Italian schools were evacuated while others continued lessons during inspections.

After the previous day’s disruption, the government says a mass email alone should not automatically trigger evacuation. The decision remains with the prefect, based on concrete evidence. A technical meeting is announced to clarify the protocol. These announcements do not establish that every school is already following an identical procedure.

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Confirmed

Hundreds of Italian schools evacuated after emailed bomb threats

Hundreds of Italian schools were evacuated as a precaution on 11 November 2026 after receiving emailed bomb threats. Police checks began in several regions; the sources consulted do not establish the presence of explosives.

Facade of Galileo Galilei technical high school in Rome.
Illustrative file photo, 17 February 2023; this school is not identified here as evacuated. Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; unchanged. — Sergio D’Afflitto / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ; 17 février 2023 ; sans modification.

ANSA, citing education ministry sources, reports that about 6,000 schools received the message. Not all were evacuated: that figure counts recipients rather than buildings emptied.

Empoli’s municipality confirms temporary evacuations and inspections. ANSA also documents students leaving early in Senigallia, where police described the threat as unfounded.

The identity of the authors and any coordination remain to be established. A name appearing in a message does not authenticate its sender or prove foreign responsibility.

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