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Bomb threats were emailed to over ten regions in Italy, leading to the evacuation of several schools. The alerts, signed by Mikhail Andropov, came shortly after a bomb alert triggered a lockdown at Calais-Frethun station in France, causing significant train delays.
Investigations are underway into the bomb threats sent to over ten regions in Italy, with local authorities working to determine the credibility of the claims. Meanwhile, the Pas-de-Calais administration has reported that normal traffic will soon resume following the lockdown at Calais-Frethun station, which prompted significant disruptions to trains and regional transport services.
Italian authorities are investigating a series of bomb threats that resulted in the evacuation of schools across more than ten regions, with local police treating the situation with heightened alertness. Following a bomb alert that caused a lockdown at the Eurostar station in Calais, Eurostar has notified passengers of delays due to operations being curtailed at the request of French authorities.
What remains unclear — Authorities have not specified whether any suspects have been identified or apprehended in connection with the bomb threats.
New bomb threats prompt evacuations of schools across Italy
More bomb threats have been sent to schools in Italy hours after an alert triggered a lockdown at the Eurostar station in Calais.
Bomb threats were sent by email to over ten regions in Italy, prompting a number of schools to evacuate.
The emails said the schools had been ‘mined’ and were signed by Mikhail Andropov, a name that has been used for previous bomb threats.
The chaos came after passengers travelling through Calais were warned of delays after a bomb alert was declared at the station.
The station, which serves Eurostar, is in lockdown after the incident this morning, with several busy rail routes ground to a halt, including London–Paris services.
The Pas-de-Calais administration said on social media that a ‘bomb alert’ is underway at Calais-Frethun station.
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It said: ‘The situation is being assessed.
‘This may affect traffic in the surrounding area.
‘Please be careful.’
In a subsequent statement, the local government said the situation has been solved and road traffic in the area is about to resume.
Eurostar warned passengers of delays due to the closure of the station ‘at the request of the French authorities.’
‘This is causing delays to some services to and from London,’ the operator said when the alert was still active.
TER trains in the Hauts-de-France told passengers that services were suspended between Calais and Boulogne ‘following a report of an unattended bag at Calais-Fréthun station.’
However, no Eurostar trains have been listed as delayed on its status update, where the operator said ‘due to a request for police assistance at Calais-Fréthun, your train is delayed.’
The latest alert comes after a spate of hoax bomb warnings across schools in the UK and Europe yesterday.
Schools in Italy were evacuated after around 6,300 of them were sent bomb warnings.
Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were also evacuated after receiving threatening emails, which are being treated as hoaxes, according to the police.
Flights were also disrupted last week after bomb threats across the continent, grounding planes at several airports as a precaution while aircraft were searched.
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