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Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police say

Verified: 66 outlets in 30 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. More than 300 evacuated, according to 7 outlets.

📍 Italy, IT·🕐 7m ago·66 outlets

Schools in Italy were evacuated, Northern Ireland and Scotland also received similar threats, but no evacuations were reported, according to the Associated Press.

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✓ Verified · 66 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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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 · 67 reports · · 30 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, 8:17 PM UTC+10 h
Schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats france24.com (again) ↗
Nov 11, 8:26 PM UTC+10 h
Schools in Italy evacuated in response to bomb threats nationwideradiojm.com ↗
Nov 11, 8:40 PM UTC+10 h· you’re reading this
Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police sayglobalnews.ca ↗
Nov 11, 8:44 PM UTC+10 h
Meloni on bomb threats against schools: ‘They want to cause fear, not inflict harm’en.protothema.gr (again) ↗

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98%

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