--- title: "Second wave of bomb threats in Italian schools: Meloni convenes emergency meeting at Palazzo Chigi" description: "For the second week in a row, Italian schools are receiving bomb threat emails signed by 'Mikhail Andropov'. Meloni held an emergency meeting with the opposition, and the government is preparing a unified response protocol." date: 2026-11-12T14:01:56.524Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/italy-bomb-threats-schools-meloni-meeting tags: [italy, bomb-threat, schools, meloni, evacuation, security, parliament, opposition] author: "Alexander Buran" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Second wave of bomb threats in Italian schools: Meloni convenes emergency meeting at Palazzo Chigi ![Police car parked outside an Italian school during evacuation due to bomb threats](https://xab.info/media/2026/11/12/italya-bombovye-ugrozy-shkoly-meloni-soveshanie/italya-bombovye-ugrozy-shkoly-meloni-soveshanie-1.webp) ## Key Points - On Thursday morning, November 12, 2026, Italian schools again received bomb threat emails signed 'Mikhail Andropov' - Prime Minister Meloni held an emergency meeting at Palazzo Chigi with the opposition and promised an urgent parliamentary briefing - Cisr is preparing a protocol: without specific signs of risk, mass evacuation is not carried out, but the prefect retains the right to make an independent decision - The opposition (PD, Elly Schlein) is ready to cooperate, but opposes unlimited government powers On Thursday morning, November 12, 2026, the email inboxes of Italian school principals were once again flooded with bomb threat messages. According to reports, some educational institutions were evacuated, while checks were initiated at others. Signed as 'Mikhail Andropov', the bomb threat email is identical in style and content to the messages sent the previous day, Wednesday, to 6,300 schools nationwide. At that time, hundreds of institutions decided to evacuate students and staff, causing widespread public resonance and a wave of alarm among parents. ### Emergency meeting at Palazzo Chigi On Thursday morning, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held a meeting at Palazzo Chigi with government representatives and opposition party leaders dedicated to the emergency situation surrounding the school threats. Following the meeting, the head of government appealed for unity among all political forces and announced that the houses of parliament would be urgently briefed on the course of events. Ministers Tajani, Crosetto, and Piantedosi were tasked with preparing and conducting briefings for lawmakers. ### New response protocol for mass threats In the afternoon of November 12, as announced by the government, the Inter-ministerial Committee for Security (Cisr) will hold a meeting to establish a single operational protocol for responding to threat messages. According to preliminary provisions of the document, in the absence of additional specific data going beyond the mere receipt of a mass email that would suggest a real danger exists, building evacuations will not be carried out. At the same time, the prefect retains the right to make an independent decision to evacuate in the presence of concrete and specific signs of risk. ### Opposition: 'Ready to cooperate, but without unlimited powers' Democratic Party Secretary Elly Schlein stated after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi that 'it is good that the discussion took place, but it must continue in the proper bodies, namely in parliament and Copasir'. She stressed that the opposition is 'fully ready to cooperate in the face of threats aimed at destabilizing the country and creating panic', but expressed disagreement with granting the government 'unlimited powers regarding the decisions it will make'. According to her, no concrete proposals were presented by the cabinet to the opposition during the November 12 meeting. ### Context: who is behind the signature 'Mikhail Andropov' The identical signature on the threat letters on Wednesday and Thursday points to a single author or coordinator of the mailing. Italian law enforcement agencies, according to authorities' statements, are investigating to identify the sender and the sources of the mailing. At the time of writing, no official data on arrests or the identification of suspects has been published in open sources. The situation remains dynamic: parliamentary hearings and the Cisr meeting on Thursday evening and Friday are expected to provide additional information on the scale of the mailing and the security measures implemented in schools. ## Fact-Check & Sources - [Италия: новые письма с угрозами бомб в школах, эвакуации и совещание в Палаццо Киджи](https://ru.euronews.com/2026/11/12/italy-bomb-alert-schools-meeting-meloni) - All key facts (dates, number of schools 6300, signature Mikhail Andropov, meeting participants, protocol content, Schlein quotes) are taken from the primary source text without additions from memory. ## FAQ ### How many schools received threat emails on Wednesday? According to data cited in the Euronews report, emails were sent to the email addresses of 6,300 Italian schools on Wednesday, and hundreds of institutions decided to evacuate. ### What does the new response protocol provide for? The protocol being developed by Cisr establishes that in the absence of concrete data on a real danger, other than the mere fact of receiving a mass email, evacuation is not carried out. However, the prefect retains the right to independently decide on evacuation if specific signs of risk are present. ### What is the opposition's stance after the meeting at Palazzo Chigi? PD Secretary Elly Schlein stated the opposition's readiness to cooperate, but disagreed with granting the government unlimited powers and noted that no concrete proposals were presented to the opposition at the November 12 meeting. ### Has the identity of the threat author been established? At the time of publication, open sources have not published data on arrests or the identification of the sender. The signature 'Mikhail Andropov' appears in both Wednesday's and Thursday's letters, indicating a single author or mailing coordinator.