Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
18%
3 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Centre
of the writing, not the subject · beta estimate
Publisher signals
72/100
Dawn's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
unclustered
not grouped into a story yet
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
More than 300 schools in Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after hoax bomb alerts in several European nations, the latest in a series of threats and cyberattacks on supermarkets, blood banks, air traffic and TV broadcasters.
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schools → evacuate → supermarkets
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland said many of their schools also received a similar email threat from abroad but it was quickly classed as a hoax and did not disrupt classes.
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it → say → classes
In Italy, many parents had to drop what they were doing and hurry to the school gates to collect children.
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they → have → children
“My daughter Dafne started crying because the kids did not understand what was happening, and she was still shaken when I picked her up,” said Nensi Bego, parent of a child at the Mazzini middle school in Rome.
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Bego → start → Rome
It’s obvious it’s just a hoax that disrupts lessons and disrupts everyone’s day.”
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that → ’ → day
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the bomb alerts posed no danger and that police and other public bodies were monitoring the situation.
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police → say → situation
“All students have been taken to a safe area and remain under the supervision of teaching staff,” one school in Rome informed parents through a messaging app.
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school → take → app
The email received in Italy was signed “Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misoginistan,” according to a copy of the message seen by Reuters.
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email → receive → Reuters
The same purported author claimed responsibility for email bomb threats sent on Friday to newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria.
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author → purport → Ireland
Russia and Iran deny accusations
Some European officials suspect Russia may be behind a campaign of disruption to everyday life in European nations supporting Ukraine after Moscow’s invasion.
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Russia → deny → invasion
Russia denies that and accuses the West of a smear campaign.
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Russia → deny → campaign
France summoned Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday after accusing Tehran of a cyberattack that disabled refrigerators in hundreds of supermarkets last week.
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that → summon → supermarkets
Iran rejected those accusations as “baseless and hostile”.
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Iran → reject → accusations
Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Wednesday’s threats were “part of a strategy that is quite clear by now: to spread fear and create anxiety,” according to Adnkronos news agency.
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that → say → agency
There are also attention-seekers and lunatics who, at a time like this, cannot wait to unleash terror in a city or a region,” he added.
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he → be → city
Antonello Giannelli, head of the Italian School Principals Association, said the alerts were upsetting for students, families and school staff.
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alerts → say → students
“Even though today’s threats are clearly hoaxes, we cannot underestimate the consequences of incidents that alarm entire school communities and disrupt the normal conduct of educational activities,” he said.
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he → underestimate → activities
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