Thousands of schools in Europe were targeted by bomb threats, leading to evacuations and adding to the recent disruption across the continent that grounded planes and saw supermarket fridges hacked.In Italy, 6,000 schools received emailed bomb alerts, according to the Education Ministry, with a sizable number of them sending kids home. Hundreds more in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland got similar warnings. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni chaired an emergency government meeting on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.While the authorities across all three countries said the threats did not appear credible, there’s a widening picture of disorder in Europe with governments trying to figure out the origins and motives. Indeed, the wave of school hoaxes appears to be the latest in a string of coordinated attacks aimed at destabilizing life in the continent.
School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights
Recent disruption across the continent has grounded planes and seen supermarket fridges hacked.
In brief
Thousands of schools in Europe were targeted by bomb threats, leading to evacuations and adding to the recent disruption across the continent that grounded planes and saw supermarket fridges hacked.In Italy, 6,000 schools received emailed bomb alerts, according to the Education Ministry, with a sizable number of them sending kids home. Hundreds more in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland got similar warnings.
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