Italy investigates 6,000 bomb threat emails sent to public schools nationwide, prompting security alerts and an emergency meeting involving Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Italy evacuated hundreds of schools after thousands received an emailed bomb threat. Authorities found no concrete danger but are investigating the coordinated hoax.

Although the government believes the threat to be a hoax, it has nevertheless prompted concerns about "hybrid warfare" in Europe. Similar messages were sent in Northern Ireland, Ireland, and Bulgaria.

Italian authorities said it was “likely a cyberattack” rather a “real threat.”

Italian authorities evacuated more than schools after an emailed bomb threat.

Although the government believes the threat to be a hoax, it has nevertheless prompted concerns about

The security alert came amid rising concerns in Europe about so-called hybrid warfare threats which have targeted supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters.

Hoax bomb alerts force evacuations at more than 300 Italian schools as similar threats are reported in Scotland and Ireland. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hundreds of schools were evacuated in Italy on Wednesday after bomb threats were sent via email, police told CNN, becoming the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks targeting infrastructure across Europe.