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Thousands of schools evacuated in Italy as bomb threats spread across Europe

Nov 12, 2026
Schools were evacuated across Italy on Wednesday following a series of hoax bomb threats, but Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no "concrete danger". The threats come after a series of hoax bomb alerts across Europe in recent weeks, which have prompted growing concern about the possibility of an escalation in hybrid warfare.
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