A death threat against the eight-year-old daughter of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (47) has caused outrage in Italy. The alleged author: a teacher who spread his threatening message on social media.

He has since been identified and reported to the police. Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara immediately announced a disciplinary investigation. The 47-year-old head of government reacted with deep concern. In a post on Platform X (formerly Twitter), Meloni wrote:

“This is no longer a political dispute, not even mere anger. This is something dark that testifies to a sick and poisoned climate – an ideological hatred in which everything seems to be permitted. Even the suggestion of killing a child just to hurt its mother.”

She appealed to all political forces to stand united against such outbursts: “There are limits that must never be crossed. Defending them is a responsibility that transcends party lines.”

All parties condemn this attack

Reactions to the threat were not long in coming – politicians from all sides expressed their solidarity with the prime minister. Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini (Lega) said he was “shocked and disgusted.”

“An attack on a child is repulsive – this is no longer politics, this is inhumanity.”

Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi spoke on X of a “progressive coarsening of language” that does not even stop at an “innocent child.” Politicians from the left-wing opposition, including Elly Schlein of the Partito Democratico, also strongly condemned the incident.

According to media reports, the teacher in question, whose identity has not yet been made public, allegedly threatened Meloni’s daughter openly on his private social media profile. The public prosecutor’s office is now considering criminal charges.

Although this is an isolated case, it is indicative of the increasingly hostile political and social climate in Italy, where hatred and violence are increasingly being displayed in public.

“Putting a child at the center of such attacks is a moral low point,” commented a columnist in the newspaper La Repubblica. Representatives of teachers’ unions also called for consequences – and urged restraint.

The investigation is ongoing. In the meantime, the Italian government has stepped up security for Meloni’s family.

Credits: APA