Italy evacuates hundreds of schools as Europe faces wave of bomb threats

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Hundreds of schools were evacuated in Italy over thousands of bomb threats, part of a larger wave of bomb threats wreaking havoc across Europe.

After an investigation, no bombs were found in any of the cases in Italy and the rest of Europe. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said the threats were part of a strategy to “spread fear and ​create anxiety.”

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