“At this point, we do not have sufficiently established evidence to make an attribution. At this stage, we cannot say that foreign powers are behind these calls,” Macron told reporters on the sidelines of a European leaders’ summit in Dublin, Anadolu Agency reported.
He said he would convene a meeting of the Defense and Security Council in the coming days to discuss the incidents.
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“We are obviously very vigilant in the face of this epidemic of bomb alerts and threats,” Macron added.
Several incidents were reported in France on Thursday. A bomb alert at Calais railway station disrupted rail services, while a threat at a high school in Marseille prompted an evacuation. Classes later resumed after security checks found no danger.
Italy also experienced a wave of bomb threats targeting schools on Wednesday, leading to evacuations and security inspections. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said authorities had found no evidence of a concrete threat.
Hundreds of schools across the UK and Ireland have also received bomb threats, raising concerns about a possible wider campaign of hybrid threats targeting European countries.
French prosecutors opened an investigation on November 7 into false bomb alerts targeting aircraft flying over France, including possible links to foreign powers.
Concerns have also grown following a series of cyberattacks targeting supermarket refrigeration systems. However, no connection between those incidents and the bomb threats has been established.
