More than 1,800 Italian schools targeted by new hoax bomb alerts
Verified: 82 outlets in 36 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. More than 300 evacuated, according to 7 outlets.
The latest warnings come amid rising concerns in Europe about hybrid warfare threats.
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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.
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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 UTCItaly evacuates at least 300 schools after emailed bomb threats ↗
- 3121 outlet: beninwebtv.com· latest Nov 11, 5:09 PM UTCEurope: 312 schools evacuated in Italy after 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 12, 12:20 PM UTC+26 hItaly hit by second day of school bomb threats as Meloni summons oppositioneuronews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 1:17 PM UTC+27 hSchools evacuated across Italy after bomb threatssurinametimes.com ↗
- Nov 12, 1:23 PM UTC+27 hSome 1,800 schools get new bomb threats, govt says don't evacuateansa.it (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 1:42 PM UTC+27 h· you’re reading thisMore than 1,800 Italian schools targeted by new hoax bomb alertsaljazeera.com (again) ↗
[Claude] All three reports cover the same wave of hoax bomb alerts against Italian schools (with Report 2 and 3 also covering the U.K. and Ireland), and their figures differ only in the reported scale, which l
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38m agoMore than 1,800 Italian schools targeted by new hoax bomb alerts The latest warnings come amid rising concerns in Europe about hybrid warfare threats.
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