Meloni Reassures Public After Bomb Threats Target Thousands of Italian Schools: 'We Found Nothing'

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has reassured parents and the public, confirming the absence of any concrete threat following a series of bomb alerts that targeted thousands of educational institutions across Italy. In a video published on her official accounts, she stated: 'In many institutions, students were evacuated, and security forces searched room by room. I tell you right away the most important thing: we found nothing in any school.'

Attempts to Spread Fear and Confusion

Meloni's remarks followed a meeting held in the capital, Rome, bringing together relevant ministers along with heads of intelligence and cybersecurity agencies. The Prime Minister emphasized that, up to this moment, there are no indicators pointing to a real danger, considering that the primary objective of these emails is to 'spread fear, sow doubt, and create a state of chaos' within society and public institutions.

European Coordination and Suspicions of Hybrid Warfare

Meloni explained that Italian investigators are coordinating closely with their European counterparts to determine the identity and sources of these messages, noting that similar alerts targeted schools in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland on the same day. She also recalled previous false alarm incidents that caused the diversion of dozens of flights in European airspace without any explosives being found.

These developments come amid growing concern in Europe regarding the use of hoax messages as a tool of 'hybrid warfare' aimed at destabilizing the daily lives of citizens and residents; last month saw hundreds of schools targeted with false alerts across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Hungary, and Serbia. Meloni concluded: 'We will not allow an anonymous email to dictate the school schedule of our children,' emphasizing that authorities will continue to rigorously verify every reported alert to ensure the safety of all.