ROME, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- New bomb threat emails have been sent to 1,803 schools in several parts of Italy on Thursday, including Veneto, Liguria, Umbria and Lazio regions, local media reported.
The emails were signed by "Mikhail Andropov", the same name used in Wednesday's threats sent to around 6,000 schools in Italy, ANSA News Agency said.
According to ANSA, sources of the prime minister's office said some schools that decided to evacuate on Thursday did so before they received the government's new instructions. The guidance stipulated that classes should continue and the local prefect should decide whether to evacuate if there are specific and well-founded grounds for alarm.
A message also said there was a bomb at Palazzo Chigi on Thursday morning, while the government sources said "there is no specific indication that this is a genuine threat," ANSA reported.
Anti-terrorism prosecutors at the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office are investigating the bomb threats sent on Wednesday and Thursday to schools in the capital. ■