'No need to evacuate' after threats sent to schools
Verified: 25 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. About 300 evacuated, according to 4 outlets.
There is no need for schools to evacuate after emails containing threats were assessed by gardaí as not being credible, the Minister for Education has said.
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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.
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- 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, 10:54 AM UTC+26 minMass UK school evacuations after hundreds of bomb threats warn 'death is near'mirror.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 10:59 AM UTC+31 minHundreds of schools in Italy evacuated after receiving bomb threatsfrance24.com ↗
- Nov 11, 1:01 PM UTC+3 h· you’re reading this'No need to evacuate' after threats sent to schoolsrte.ie ↗
- Nov 11, 1:02 PM UTC+3 hItaly on alert as bomb threats force school evacuationsnewsofbahrain.com ↗
- Nov 11, 1:05 PM UTC+3 hBomb threats sent to more than 1,000 schools in Italy, Scotland and Northern Ireland: Οfficials urge calmen.protothema.gr ↗
- Nov 11, 1:10 PM UTC+3 hHundreds of schools across Europe receive bomb threatsirishtimes.com ↗
[Claude] Back to pending: the other outlets reported a different event. Report 1 concerns threat emails to Irish schools assessed by gardaí as not credible, while Reports 2-4 describe hoax bomb threats forcing evacuations of schools in Italy, a separate occurrence in a di
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