Ireland Suspects 'Co-Ordinated' Campaign as Europe Bomb Hoaxes Widen
Irish outlets evacuated after hoax bomb emails spread across Europe, disrupting flights and forcing police searches as authorities investigate a possible coordinated campaign.
- Today, Ireland's government reported hoax bomb threats targeting national broadcaster RTE, Virgin Media, Newstalk, and The Irish Independent, calling the incidents "likely" part of a "co-ordinated campaign of disruption."
- These threats follow a wave of disruptions across Europe, where nearly 30 passenger flights were targeted yesterday, forcing some aircraft to divert or receive fighter jet escorts.
- At least 11 flights were targeted in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, while emails allegedly signed by "fighters of the Male State" warned the "explosion will occur in 60 minutes."
- Security officials urged measured responses, while Jean-Marc Rickli, director of global and emerging risks at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, noted such hybrid operations cause significant logistical disruption at "virtually no cost" to perpetrators.
- Authorities have not identified those responsible for the threats, which arrive ahead of two days of high-profile European Union meetings scheduled in Dublin next week.
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Copenhagen. A wave of bomb threats against passenger flights across Europe occurred yesterday for the third time this week. Now three television stations from Ireland, the UK and Bulgaria were also warned.
Die Presse
Experts suspect that Europe-wide coordination of the actions that have affected European air traffic this week.
Svenska Dagbladet
At least 35 flights have been targeted by bomb threats over the past three days. Affected countries are reportedly investigating links to Russia.
Started a cross-border inquiry to understand if there is a direct involvement of Moscow
informacion.es
After a week of chaos at European airports, with more than 20 aircraft forced into emergency operations due to bomb threats, several media outlets have received similar threats this Friday. Ireland’s public television, RTÉ, has been evacuated after receiving a bomb threat via an email, a “security threat” that has also been received by the British network Sky News hours later.
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