Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, UK, and Ireland in latest disruption

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CHECKING FOR BOMBS. A police officer works inside the A.B. Cairoli primary school after it was evacuated following a bomb alert that prompted evacuations in at least 300 schools across Italy, in Rome, Italy, November 11, 2026.

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ROME, Italy – Schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday, November 11, after around 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks around Europe against supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters.

Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland said many of their schools received a similar email threat from abroad but it was classed as a hoax and did not disrupt classes.

In Italy, schools closed swiftly after the warnings, prompting many parents to drop what they were doing to collect children.

“My daughter Dafne started crying because the kids did not understand what was happening, and she was still shaken when I picked her up,” said Nensi Bego, parent of a child at the Mazzini middle school in Rome.

“This is so annoying. It’s obvious it’s just a hoax that disrupts lessons and disrupts everyone’s day.”

A copy of the message seen by Reuters also included a threat to target Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. She said the bomb alerts posed no danger and that police and other public bodies were monitoring the situation.

“All students have been taken to a safe area and remain under the supervision of teaching staff,” one school in Rome informed parents through a messaging app.

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