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Italy on alert as bomb threats force school evacuations

Verified: 25 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. About 300 evacuated, according to 4 outlets.

📍 Italy, IT·🕐 9m ago·25 outlets

Schools in Rome, Milan, Naples, Palermo and Bologna received threats, prompting evacuations and police security checks.

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✓ Verified · 25 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 12 of the story's 25 outlets

News of Bahrain· National ↗RTÉ· National ↗Gulf News· National ↗bdnews24.com· National ↗The Independent· National ↗This is Beirut· National ↗Euronews· International ↗France 24· International ↗New Straits Times· National ↗Wanted in Rome· Local ↗shetlandtimes.co.uk ↗ANSA· News agency ↗

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

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 · 28 reports · · 12 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, 1:01 PM UTC+3 h
'No need to evacuate' after threats sent to schools rte.ie ↗
Nov 11, 1:02 PM UTC+3 h· you’re reading this
Italy on alert as bomb threats force school evacuationsnewsofbahrain.com ↗
Nov 11, 1:05 PM UTC+3 h
Bomb threats sent to more than 1,000 schools in Italy, Scotland and Northern Ireland: Οfficials urge calm en.protothema.gr ↗
Nov 11, 1:10 PM UTC+3 h
Hundreds of schools across Europe receive bomb threats irishtimes.com ↗

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cross checkconfirmed90%

[Claude] All three reports describe the same wave of bomb threats against Italian schools on November 11, with figures differing only in scale (dozens versus at least 300), which is an updated count rather tha

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