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

Al Jazeera English and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Italy evacuates over 300 schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and Ireland.
The headline split Washington's Top News (WTOP) frames it as "Italy evacuates over 300 schools due to bomb alert, with threats in Scotland and Ireland". Irish Independent frames it as "Hoax bomb alert email sent to over six thousand Italian schools, ministry says".
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Washington's Top News (WTOP)News report · Nov 11, 1:31 PM

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

MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities evacuated hundreds of schools Wednesday after an emailed bomb threat, the latest in a series of disruptions affecting European institutions following recent...

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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Nov 11, 1:18 PM

At least 300 schools evacuated in Italy after email bomb alerts

Italian PM Meloni says there is no danger as UK and Northern Ireland authorities also report 'bogus' alerts.

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CNA SingaporeNews report · Nov 11, 11:59 AM

Bomb alerts sent to schools in Italy and Northern Ireland in latest threats

This is the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks on supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters across Europe.

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Irish IndependentNews report · Nov 11, 1:15 PM

Hoax bomb alert email sent to over six thousand Italian schools, ministry says

300 Italian schools were evacuated due to security alerts after emailed threats

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Nov 11, 11:59 AM: CNA Singapore joined the source map.

Nov 11, 1:15 PM: Irish Independent joined the source map.

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Nov 11, 1:31 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 4 sources · 1 bucket.