Ireland Suspects 'Co-Ordinated' Campaign as Europe Bomb Hoaxes Widen
Authorities say no explosives have been found as hoax threats forced evacuations, diversions and police checks at airlines and broadcasters across multiple countries.
- On Friday, Europe's aviation sector faced a wave of bomb hoaxes for a third consecutive day, with 18 aircraft targeted on Thursday alone. Emergency diversions and police operations disrupted major airports across the continent.
- Emails claiming responsibility were signed by the 'Fighters of the Male State,' a shadowy anti-feminist group formally designated extremist by Moscow in 2021. The organization reportedly declared a crusade against Europe's 'feminist regime.'
- Italian emails targeted an Aer Lingus flight with 151 passengers from Dublin to Rome on Thursday. Broadcasters Sky, RTE, and Nova TV also received threats on Friday, forcing staff evacuations across Europe.
- Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander stated authorities treat the threats as 'malicious hoax threats' with high seriousness. The FBI separately warned hackers could target essential services, though no link to aviation hoaxes has been established.
- Security expert Professor Anthony Glees told GB News it was 'highly likely' that Vladimir Putin orchestrated a shadow campaign against the West. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares described incidents as hybrid aggression, though the Kremlin denied involvement.
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After a series of false reports of bombs targeting flights and media organizations in several European countries, reports revealed that European intelligence services consider Russia to be the most likely behind it.
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European security agencies are trying to determine whether this week’s coordinated bomb threats against European airlines could have originated in Russia. Dozens of European planes were grounded this week after anonymous emails warned of bombs on planes flying between European cities — in an attack that analysts say is highly unusual, the Financial Times reports.
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LiFOOne hypothesis of the investigations is that coordinated threats were carried out by pro-Kremlin activists or hacker groups.
European security agencies are investigating whether the coordinated bomb threats that this week have targeted dozens of European flights may have originated in Russia. To say it is the Financial Times, citing intelligence officials that a cross-border investigation between European services is underway to trace the origin of [...] The article Alarms Bomb on European flights, the Financial Times: "European services investigate on the Russian run…
European intelligence and security services are jointly investigating the origin of the threats, sources tell the Financial Times.
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