Several schools in Italy evacuated after emailed bomb threats

Officers search an elementary school in Rome after authorities evacuated schools across the country following a bomb threat, Rome, Italy, November 11, 2026. (Photo: VCG)

New bomb threat emails have been sent to schools in several parts of Italy on Thursday, including the Veneto, Liguria, Umbria and Lazio regions, as well as Sicily, local media reported.

Some schools have been evacuated, while checks are underway at others, according to ANSA News Agency.

A series of schools received bomb threat emails, with the provisional figure standing at 1,803 institutions, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

Media reported that the threatening emails were all signed "Mikhail Andropov," the same name used in the emails sent on Wednesday