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School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights

Verified: 73 outlets in 33 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Italy. More than 300 evacuated, according to 7 outlets.

🕐 1h ago·73 outlets

Recent disruption across the continent has grounded planes and seen supermarket fridges hacked.

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✓ Verified · 73 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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NationalJapan Times86%
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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 · 76 reports · · 33 countries✓ Verified Nov 11, 11:22 AM UTC

2 outlets from Italy, where the story is: ANSA, Wanted in Rome · how we count

  1. Nov 11, 10:29 AM UTCFirst report
    Bomb threat at dozens of schools in Italy following anonymous emailansa.it ↗
  2. Nov 11, 10:54 AM UTC+26 min
    Mass UK school evacuations after hundreds of bomb threats warn 'death is near'mirror.co.uk ↗
  3. Nov 11, 10:59 AM UTC+31 min
    Hundreds of schools in Italy evacuated after receiving bomb threatsfrance24.com ↗
  4. Nov 11, 11:51 PM UTC+13 h
    Threats emailed to Westmeath schoolswestmeathexaminer.ie ↗
  5. Nov 12, 1:35 AM UTC+15 h
    Thousands of hoax bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy, U.K. and Irelandnbcnews.com ↗
  6. Nov 12, 2:00 AM UTC+16 h· you’re reading this
    School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights japantimes.co.jp ↗
  7. Nov 12, 3:28 AM UTC+17 h
    Italy: Hundreds of schools evacuated after bomb threatstimesofoman.com ↗
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cross sourcepending33%

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temporalpending50%

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source diversitypending50%

Average source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national

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School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights Recent disruption across the continent has grounded planes and seen supermarket fridges hacked.

Reliability
59%

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medium risk