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Thousands of hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, U.K. and Ireland

Verified: 73 outlets in 33 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. More than 300 evacuated, according to 7 outlets.

📍 Italy, IT·🕐 2h ago·73 outlets

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✓ Verified · 73 outlets

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.

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This report links 9 of the story's 73 outlets

NBC News· National ↗Newswire· National ↗The Globe and Mail· National ↗Dawn· National ↗ABC (Australia)· National ↗Global News· National ↗FBC News· National · state media ↗Al Jazeera· International ↗CBS News· National ↗

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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Evacuated · 2 figures, newest first: more than 3007 outlets: independent.co.uk, saharareporters.com +5· latest Nov 11, 7:50 PM UTC
Italy evacuates at least 300 schools after emailed bomb threats ↗; 3121 outlet: beninwebtv.com· latest Nov 11, 5:09 PM UTC
Europe: 312 schools evacuated in Italy after bomb threats ↗

The story so far · 76 reports · · 33 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 11:22 AM UTC

2 outlets from Italy, where the story is: ANSA, Wanted in Rome · how we count

Nov 11, 10:29 AM UTCFirst report
Bomb threat at dozens of schools in Italy following anonymous email ansa.it ↗
Nov 11, 10:54 AM UTC+26 min
Mass UK school evacuations after hundreds of bomb threats warn 'death is near'mirror.co.uk ↗
Nov 11, 10:59 AM UTC+31 min
Hundreds of schools in Italy evacuated after receiving bomb threats france24.com ↗
Nov 11, 11:51 PM UTC+13 h
Threats emailed to Westmeath schools westmeathexaminer.ie ↗
Nov 12, 1:35 AM UTC+15 h· you’re reading this
Thousands of hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, U.K. and Irelandnbcnews.com ↗
Nov 12, 2:00 AM UTC+16 h
School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights japantimes.co.jp ↗
Nov 12, 3:28 AM UTC+17 h
Italy: Hundreds of schools evacuated after bomb threats timesofoman.com ↗

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cross checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] All three reports cover the same wave of hoax bomb alerts against schools in Italy, the UK and Ireland, and none contradicts Report 1's figures or facts.

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