Christmas shoppers and tourists were caught up in two separate bomb scares in the northern Italian city of Turin on Sunday, after anonymous callers said a museum and shopping centre would be hit.
A piazza in central Padua went into lockdown on Saturday over a suspected bomb, which turned out to be a romantic gesture marking the spot a couple had their first kiss.
Flights were temporarily grounded at Rome’s Fiumicino airport on Sunday when a plane was forced to land after a suspect piece of luggage was found on board.