Milan, 5 August (LaPresse) – Four shopping centres in Milan and the surrounding area were evacuated this afternoon following a bomb scare. The centres in question are the Cupole in San Giuliano Milanese, the Fiordaliso in Rozzano, the Bonola shopping centre and the Scalo Milano outlet in Locate di Triulzi. According to LaPresse, the alarm was raised after an identical email was received by all four venues, with the subject line ‘Read urgently’. In the text, amidst disjointed sentences, the author wrote that they had planted several explosive devices and hoped to cause as many casualties as possible. They then asked to meet the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Investigations by the police are ongoing.
Milan: bomb scare at four shopping centres; evacuated by the police

Milan, 5 August (LaPresse) – Four shopping centres in Milan and the surrounding area were evacuated this afternoon following a bomb scare. The centres in question are the Cupole in San Giuliano Milanese, the Fiordaliso in Rozzano, the Bonola shopping centre and the Scalo Milano outlet in Locate di Triulzi. According to LaPresse, the alarm was raised after an identical email was received by all four venues, with the subject line ‘Read urgently’. In the text, amidst disjointed sentences, the author wrote that they had planted several explosive devices and hoped to cause as many casualties as possible. They then asked to meet the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. Investigations by the police are ongoing.
