Italian authorities evacuated more than 100 schools on Wednesday following a wave of anonymous emails that warned of bombs on school grounds, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
The messages, delivered to schools in several cities, stated that a powerful explosive device had been concealed in a plastic bag fitted with a remote detonation mechanism. Each email also contained violent threats directed at Italians and bore the signature of someone identifying himself as the head of an organisation named the Vilayat of Misoginistan.
Security personnel inspected the targeted schools as a precaution. The tally of schools receiving such warnings continued to climb throughout the day.
This latest threat campaign echoes an earlier incident from recent days, when 280 school principals received similar threatening correspondence.
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