Bomb threat

The emergency situation for the Greek Police was resolved shortly after 2 PM on Wednesday (October 30) after a mobilization occurred following a bomb threat in the Glyfada area on Vouliagmeni Avenue.

Specifically, the police mobilization began after a man called 112, claiming to be from the 17 November group and stating that a bomb would explode in Glyfada.

India has warned social media platforms of "consequential action" after hundreds of hoax bomb threats to Indian airlines this month triggered travel chaos and terror it said threatened national security.

Some threats led to planes being diverted to Canada and Germany, and fighter jets scrambled to escort aircraft in the skies above Britain and Singapore.

Service on the Athens metro was thrown into upheaval and a courthouse was evacuated on Thursday following an early morning bomb threat that was emailed to authorities.

Prosecutors in Poland have said they have charged three Belarusian officials with using a ruse to divert a Poland-registered plane and thus violating the freedom of 132 people on board when in 2021 they ordered the plane carrying a dissident blogger to land in Minsk, leading to the arrest of Raman Pratasevich.

Public services and schools in Cyprus and Slovakia received threats two weeks ago similar to the emailed bomb threats sent Wednesday morning to schools in Attica, it has emerged amid an ongoing investigation by the cybercrime division of the Greek Police.

Dozens of schools across Attica received bomb threats via email on Wednesday morning, police say.

The identical emails from an anonymous sender outside Greece alleged that explosives were stored in at least 35 schools in Gerakas, Aigaleo, Ilioupoli, Haidari, and Pallini.

"We will blow you up like our brothers did in Paris," the message said, referencing past terrorist attacks.

Bomb threats were reported at the embassies of the United States, Israel, and Egypt in Athens on Friday. 

According to reports, television stations were contacted and informed that bombs would detonate at the three embassies by 11.30 a.m. 

Another call warned that a bomb would go off at the parliament building. 

The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Bulgaria has initiated a comprehensive nationwide operation in response to alarming bomb threats received via email targeting various schools. The operation, which commenced early in the morning before the start of classes, involves thorough checks of educational institutions across different cities.

The authorities immediately called the police, who are on the ground, writes "Telegraf.rs".
Parents of children attending classes this morning received a message not to bring their children to class because there is a bomb threat.

A 17-year-old student from Sofia sent some of the bomb threat emails to schools across Bulgaria. He was arrested today by the Main Directorate "Fighting Organized Crime", reported the National Radio