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Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police say

Al Jazeera English and The Belfast Telegraph describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Schools in Italy were evacuated, Northern Ireland and Scotland also received similar threats, but no evacuations were reported, according to the Associated Press.
The headline split Global News (Canada) frames it as "Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police say". France 24 frames it as "Schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats".
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Global News (Canada)News report · Nov 11, 8:36 PM

Thousands of ‘hoax’ bomb threats sent to schools in Italy, U.K., police say

Schools in Italy were evacuated, Northern Ireland and Scotland also received similar threats, but no evacuations were reported, according to the Associated Press.

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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Nov 11, 9:01 PM

Hoax bomb threats target schools across Italy, UK and Ireland

Thousands of schools across Italy, the UK and Ireland received hoax bomb threat emails.

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The Belfast TelegraphNews report · Nov 11, 8:00 PM

Schools balancing difficult decisions as bomb threats causing headaches for police and principals in Northern Ireland

Second security alert in weeks is causing chaos in local schools

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France 24News report · Nov 11, 7:29 PM

Schools evacuated across Italy after bomb threats

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". Similar hoax threats...

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Nov 11, 7:29 PM: France 24 joined the source map.

Nov 11, 8:00 PM: The Belfast Telegraph joined the source map.

Nov 11, 8:36 PM: Global News (Canada) joined the source map.

Nov 11, 9:01 PM: Al Jazeera English joined the source map.

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