Hundreds of schools evacuated in Italy after email bomb threats

Hundreds of schools in Italy are being evacuated after receiving bomb threats by email, a spokesperson for Italian police told CNN.

“The exact number of schools is undetermined, as the emails were sent to hundreds of them and then each school decides when to evacuate following the advice of the local police branch,” the spokesperson said.

Police are investigating the source of the emails. The spokesperson declined to confirm the address from which the messages were sent, according to CNN.

In central Rome, the Quirinio Visconti primary school was evacuated, giving dozens of kindergarten and primary school children a day off.

A teacher told CNN that parents had been notified to collect the children.