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Thousands of schools in Europe get hoax bomb threats

Verified: 53 outlets in 23 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. About 300 evacuated, according to 4 outlets.

📍 Italy, IT·🕐 51m ago·53 outlets

Less than a week after more than 20 European flights got fake bomb threats, hundreds of schools in Italy, the U.K. and Ireland were hit by similar hoaxes.

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✓ Verified · 53 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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CBS News· National ↗walesonline.co.uk ↗BBC· International ↗irishtimes.com ↗shetlandtimes.co.uk ↗UPI· News agency ↗Financial Times· Specialist ↗France 24· International ↗ANSA· News agency ↗The Independent· National ↗channel3000.com ↗The Copenhagen Post· National ↗LBC· National ↗DW· International ↗

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Evacuated: about 3004 outlets: independent.co.uk, scmp.com +2· latest Nov 11, 12:28 PM UTC
Some 300 Italian schools evacuated due to bomb threats ↗

The story so far · 52 reports · · 23 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, 3:00 PM UTC+5 h· you’re reading this
Thousands of schools in Europe get hoax bomb threatscbsnews.com ↗
Nov 11, 3:12 PM UTC+5 h
Full list of areas affected as Scottish schools sent 'bomb threats'thenational.scot ↗
Nov 11, 3:27 PM UTC+5 h
Hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, U.K. and Ireland in latest wave of threats and cyberattacks theglobeandmail.com ↗
Nov 11, 3:30 PM UTC+5 h
Hundreds of schools in Europe receive bomb threats upi.com ↗
Nov 11, 3:42 PM UTC+5 h
Bomb threats prompt evacuation of Italian schools in suspected hoax as UK and Ireland also targeted krdo.com ↗

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[Claude] Reports 3 and 4 cover the same wave of school bomb hoaxes in Italy and the UK as Report 1 and do not conflict, while Report 2 concerns a single separate school incident.

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