Bomb Threats Target Schools and Flights Across Europe

Des établissements scolaires français ont été évacués après avoir reçu des menaces à la bombe qui se sont inscrites dans le cadre d’une vague de perturbations en Europe.

The French Ministry of National Education confirmed to Le Parisien that it recorded two bomb threats on Thursday, while ruling out the hypothesis of a large-scale phenomenon.

In Laon, Aisne, the university institute of technology was evacuated Thursday morning due to a bomb threat, according to L’Union.

Speaking in Dublin, Ireland, during a meeting of European leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron said that it was still too early to determine whether foreign powers were behind the recent wave of false bomb alerts in Europe that also targeted aircraft, which included flights operated by Ryanair, SAS, LOT, and Wizz Air, as well as an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 flying from Dublin to Rome that was intercepted by a French Rafale fighter jet taking off from the Saint-Dizier-Robinson air base at 8:45 a.m. on November 5, 2026, following a transmission from Italian authorities, and forced to land at the Evreux air base before passengers were transferred by bus to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport.

“Au moment où je vous parle, nous n’avons pas d’éléments suffisamment établis pour pouvoir faire une attribution,” he declared to the press, adding, “À ce stade, on ne peut pas dire qu’il y aurait des puissances extérieures qui sont derrière ces appels.”

“Face à cette épidémie d’alertes à la bombe et de menaces, on est évidemment très vigilant,” the French President emphasized.

Meanwhile, a new wave of bomb threats by email targeted school principals in several schools in Italy on Thursday morning.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni convened government representatives and opposition leaders at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Thursday morning to review the situation, where she called on all political formations to demonstrate unity and announced that Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi would present the situation before Parliament shortly.

Elly Schlein, leader of the Democratic Party, stated: “Cette discussion est bienvenue, mais elle doit se poursuivre dans les instances appropriées, à savoir le Parlement et le Copasir”.