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Italy Evacuates Over 300 Schools Due To Bomb Alert, With Threats in Scotland, Ireland

Italy Evacuates Over 300 Schools Due To Bomb Alert, With Threats in Scotland, Ireland

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Hoax bomb alerts prompted the evacuation of more than 300 schools across Italy after authorities received an emailed bomb threat, marking the latest in a series of recent hoax threats that have also targeted airlines and broadcasters in Europe. Similar fraudulent emails were reported in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Italian officials carried out the evacuations on Wednesday, and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni commented on the incident, though the specific remarks are not detailed in the reports.

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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that there was no indication of any "concrete danger" to Italian schools

Coverage arrived over 5 hours. First from Hindustan Times, latest from The Hindu.

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    Italy evacuates over 300 schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and Ireland

    MILAN: Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of schools Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a series of disruptions affecting European institutions following recent hoaxes aimed at airlines and broadcasters. Schools in Ireland, Scotland and Northern Ireland received similar…

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    Italy Evacuates Over 300 Schools Due To Bomb Alert, With Threats in Scotland, Ireland

    Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that there was no indication of any "concrete danger" to Italian schools

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