Claims extracted
13
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
23%
3 of 13 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
13
Education
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Some 300 schools across Italy have received bomb threats, according to Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, who described the incidents as probably a "cyber-attack, not a genuine risk".
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who → publish → attack
Valditara told Italian TV that there was a clear strategy behind the rash of threats in Italy and elsewhere in Europe which had targeted flights, supermarkets and even hospitals.
asserted
which → tell → flights
The emails were sent to schools in Rome, Naples, Vicenza, Florence, Pisa, Trieste and many other Italian cities, and a number of buildings were evacuated as a precaution.
asserted
number → send → precaution
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has called a meeting of top ministers and intelligence chiefs.
asserted
Meloni → call → ministers
Meloni said the government was monitoring closely the "numerous reports of bomb threats at educational institutions" although checks so far had not indicated any evidence of "concrete danger".
asserted
checks → say → danger
"These reports appear rather linked to a strategy intended to cause alarm and concern," she said on Facebook.
asserted
she → link → Facebook
Italian airports along with airlines elsewhere in Europe were hit by a series of bomb hoaxes last week that prompted a series of scares, evacuations and widespread disruption.
asserted
that → hit → scares
Although a number of threats were claimed by an extremist misogynistic group, it later denied any link to the false warnings.
asserted
it → claim → warnings
Italian reports said 280 school head teachers had received threats in recent days.
Although many schools were initially evacuated on Wednesday, the alarm was quickly lifted, according to reports from a number of regions, and pupils were allowed to return to class.
uncertain
pupils → say → class
In a statement, the head of the central Umbria region Stefania Proietti said "checks conducted so far in Umbrian schools have proved negative, and law enforcement is working rapidly and carefully to verify each report"
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enforcement → conduct → report
In a separate incident, more than 300 schools in Northern Ireland were sent emails which police said they were treating as a hoax.
asserted
they → send → hoax
Messages sent to number of schools in Scotland were also being treated by police as a hoax.
asserted
Messages → send → hoax
It is unclear whether any of the incidents are connected.
uncertain
any → connect → incidents
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