Over 1,800 Italian Schools Receive Bomb Threat Emails

More than 1,800 schools in Italy were sent emails containing bomb threats on Thursday, November 12, 2026, Al Jazeera reported. The messages arrived a day after about 6,300 Italian schools received similar email bomb alerts.

Police in Rome said there was nothing to substantiate the threats sent to schools on Thursday. No details of any device or location were given in the emails.

According to Italy's Ansa news agency, the emails were signed "Mikhail Andropov," a name whose sender presented himself as the leader of the "Vilayat of Misoginistan." The same purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent last week to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni responded by summoning opposition leaders for talks on how to deal with similar bomb-threat incidents. The meeting was called to discuss the response to such messages, which have now reached thousands of schools in a short period.

The pattern is not limited to Italy. Authorities in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland said many schools there received similar threatening emails from abroad on Wednesday. They classified the messages as hoaxes, meaning false alarms, and allowed classes to continue.