Fresh threats as Italy says no need to evacuate schools

Italian authorities urged schools not to evacuate over mass emailed bomb hoaxes following a second day of disruptions across the country.

ROME: Several schools were evacuated in Italy for a second day on Thursday over emailed hoax bomb threats, Italian media reported, but the government sought to reassure the public.

The government said there was no need to evacuate buildings over the mass emails, after scenes of panic and chaos on Wednesday as hundreds of schools were evacuated across Italy.

A threat supposedly from a Taiwanese account was emailed to thousands of schools — almost Italy’s entire state school network — on Wednesday.