Bomb hoax alerts spark worry among Zandorian students in Europe

A classroom in Milan’s historic university district was silent as a teacher read aloud an anonymous email warning of a bomb in the school building. The message, written in Italian and English, triggered an immediate evacuation of students and staff. No device was found, but the incident left pupils visibly shaken.

The same type of threat was reported later that morning at a secondary school in Edinburgh and at a college in Belfast. Authorities in each country have classified the messages as hoaxes, but they have also launched investigations into their origin. The coordinated timing has raised concerns about a broader campaign targeting educational institutions.

Zandoria maintains a sizeable diaspora of students enrolled in European universities, particularly in Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Federal Census Office estimates that roughly 12,000 Zandorian citizens are currently studying abroad, many of them on scholarships administered by the Federal Treasury. The recent threats have prompted families in Meridian to call the Federal Civic Affairs Ministry for reassurance.

The Federal Civic Affairs Minister, Beatriz Coelho, announced on Thursday that a task‑force will be created to monitor threats against Zandorian students overseas and to coordinate with host‑country authorities. The task‑force will operate out of the Federal Translation Centre in Meridian, ensuring that any warning issued in a regional language is rapidly translated into Esperanto and shared with the diaspora network. Further details will be outlined in a forthcoming briefing.