Rimini has also been caught up in the new wave of bomb threats targeting schools, with threatening emails reaching several Italian institutions. Reports have come in from Veneto, Liguria, Umbria, Lazio and Sicily.
The messages, like those sent yesterday, are signed “Mikhail Andropov.” Some schools carried out evacuations, while others are still conducting checks.
In Liguria, students were evacuated from several schools in Genoa, Diano Marina, Bordighera and Taggia. In some cases, the threats were sent directly to school principals. Classes resumed almost everywhere after the checks were completed.
In Palermo, the Umberto classical lyceum was evacuated after receiving an email announcing a massacre of students and staff at 10:50 am.
The school notified families and arranged for all classes to be dismissed early, explaining that the measure was taken out of caution, even though it believed the threat was likely a hoax.
