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Schools in Italy, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland have received bomb threats.
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It is the latest wave of hoax alerts to hit Europe.
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The warnings caused schools in Italy to be evacuated, disrupting the day of parents and pupils.
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Schools across Italy have been evacuated after around 6,300 of them received bomb warnings, the latest in a series of threats and cyber attacks around Europe against supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and broadcasters.
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Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland also said many of their schools received a similar email threat from abroad, but it was classed as a hoax and did not disrupt classes.
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In Italy, schools closed swiftly after the warnings, prompting many parents to drop what they were doing to collect children.
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"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.
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It's obvious it's just a hoax that disrupts lessons and disrupts everyone's day."
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A copy of the message seen by Reuters also included a threat to target Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
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Ms Meloni said the bomb alerts posed no danger and that police and other public bodies were monitoring the situation.
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"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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The email received in Italy was signed "Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan," according to a copy of the message seen by Reuters.
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[Sending the bomb alert messages] was as easy as drinking a glass of water," a national security source told Reuters.
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The same purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent on Friday to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria.
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Russia and Iran deny responsibility
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Some European officials suspect Russia may be behind a campaign of disruption to everyday life in European nations supporting Ukraine after Moscow's invasion.
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Russia denies that and accuses the West of a smear campaign.
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France summoned Iran's ambassador on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of a cyberattack that disabled refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets last week.
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Iran rejected those accusations as "baseless and hostile".
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Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Wednesday's threats were part of a clear strategy "to spread fear and create anxiety," according to Adnkronos news agency.
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There are also attention-seekers and lunatics who, at a time like this, cannot wait to unleash terror in a city or a region," he added.
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Antonello Giannelli, head of the Italian School Principals Association, said the alerts were upsetting for students, families and school staff.
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"Even though today's threats are clearly hoaxes, we cannot underestimate the consequences of incidents that alarm entire school communities and disrupt the normal conduct of educational activities," he said.
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