Hundreds of schools across Italy, Scotland and Ireland receive bomb threats
Verified: 17 outlets in 10 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. About 300 evacuated, according to 4 outlets.
Incidents appeared to be latest co-ordinated attack aimed at disrupting life in Europe
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Evacuated
- about 3004 outlets: independent.co.uk, scmp.com +2· latest Nov 11, 12:28 PM UTCSome 300 Italian schools evacuated due to bomb threats ↗
2 outlets from Italy, where the story is: ANSA, Wanted in Rome · how we count
- Nov 11, 10:29 AM UTCFirst reportBomb threat at dozens of schools in Italy following anonymous emailansa.it ↗
- Nov 11, 10:59 AM UTC+31 minHundreds of schools in Italy evacuated after receiving bomb threatsfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 11, 11:24 AM UTC+56 minAt least 300 Italian schools evacuated after email bomb alertsstraitstimes.com ↗
- Nov 11, 11:57 AM UTC+1 h· you’re reading thisHundreds of schools across Italy, Scotland and Ireland receive bomb threatsft.com ↗
- Nov 11, 12:28 PM UTC+2 hSome 300 Italian schools evacuated due to bomb threatsindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 12:30 PM UTC+2 hSchools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats: Italian mediagulfnews.com ↗
- Nov 11, 12:34 PM UTC+2 hSchools in Italy evacuated over bomb threatswantedinrome.com ↗
- Nov 11, 12:39 PM UTC+2 hHundreds of Italian schools hit by threats in suspected bomb hoaxbbc.co.uk ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same coordinated wave of school bomb-threat emails across Europe, and none contradicts Report 1's facts.
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Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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