RomeNearly 30 European flights received bomb threats by Thursday’s end.
France and Bulgaria sent fighter jets to escort airliners, and passengers were disembarked in Madrid.
An email from “fighters of the Male State” said devices on flights from Helsinki and Dublin would explode in 60 minutes.
Vladislav Pozdnyakov, who founded the Male State movement in 2016, says it no longer exists and is not involved.
No government has named a culprit, and no claim of responsibility has been verified.
How each outlet framed it
- Daily Maverick
- frames the hoaxes as possible Russian hybrid attack by citing Dyami's "modus operandi" argument while noting no government has named a culprit
Sources: Daily Maverick