Fresh threats as Italy says no need to evacuate schools
Verified: 86 outlets in 38 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. More than 300 evacuated, according to 7 outlets.
The government said there was no need to evacuate buildings over the mass e-mails.
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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.
- Evacuated · 3 figures, newest first
- 771 outlet: ansa.it· latest Nov 12, 5:41 PM UTCBomb threats at 3,788 schools, only 77 evacuated says Chigi ↗
- 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, 2:32 PM UTC+28 h· you’re reading thisFresh threats as Italy says no need to evacuate schoolsstraitstimes.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 12:19 AM UTC+38 hItalian schools defy new wave of bomb threats to remain openfbcnews.com.fj (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 3:16 AM UTC+41 hSeveral schools in Italy evacuated after emailed bomb threatsnews.cgtn.com ↗
- Nov 13, 5:21 AM UTC+43 hHoax bomb threats sent to thousands of Italian schools for second in a rowwantedinrome.com (again) ↗
- Nov 13, 7:57 AM UTC+45 hWhy Italy was caught off guard by bomb threats emailed to schoolsrepubblica.it ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 says hundreds of Italian schools were evacuated, which conflicts with Report 1's account that the government said no evacuation was needed, while Reports 3 and 4 cover the same mass-email bom
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