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What to Know About the Bomb Threats Rattling Europe
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Italy's government advised against evacuating public buildings in response to bomb scare emails unless there is concrete evidence of danger beyond mass email threats.
- Over 6,000 schools in Italy received hoax bomb threats recently, leading to hundreds of evacuations, but subsequent threats resulted in only a few evacuations.
- The origin of the hoax threats, which have also targeted several other European countries, remains unknown, but officials suspect a coordinated campaign to spread fear and chaos.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni stated that the threats aim to instill fear and disrupt daily life rather than cause physical harm.
- Despite the limited impact on flights and other sectors, these threats contribute to heightened anxiety amid ongoing hybrid warfare and tensions related to Russia's war in Ukraine.
