Fresh bomb threats in 10 regions of European country after Eurostar plunged into chaos

Expand More bomb threats have been sent to schools in Italy hours after an alert triggered a lockdown at the Eurostar station in Calais.

Bomb threats were sent by email to over ten regions in Italy, prompting a number of schools to evacuate.

The emails said the schools had been ‘mined’ and were signed by Mikhail Andropov, a name that has been used for previous bomb threats.

The chaos came after passengers travelling through Calais were warned of delays after a bomb alert was declared at the station.

The station, which serves Eurostar, is in lockdown after the incident this morning, with several busy rail routes ground to a halt, including London-Paris services.

The Pas-de-Calais administration said on social media that a ‘bomb alert’ is underway at Calais-Frethun station.

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It said: ‘The situation is being assessed.

‘This may affect traffic in the surrounding area.

In a subsequent statement, the local government said the situation has been solved and road traffic in the area is about to resume.

Eurostar warned passengers of delays due to the closure of the station ‘at the request of the French authorities.’

‘This is causing delays ⁠to some services to and from ⁠London,’ the operator said when the alert was still active.

TER trains in the Hauts-de-France told passengers that services were suspended between Calais and Boulogne ‘following a report of an unattended bag at Calais-Fréthun station.’

However, no Eurostar trains have been listed as delayed on its status update, where the operator said ‘due to a request for police assistance at Calais-Fréthun, your train is delayed.’

The latest alert comes after a spate of hoax bomb warnings across schools in the UK and Europe yesterday.

Schools in Italy were evacuated after around 6,300 of them were sent bomb warnings.

Schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland were also evacuated after receiving threatening emails, which are being treated as hoaxes, according to the police.

Flights were also disrupted last week after bomb threats across the continent, grounding planes at several airports as a precaution while aircraft were searched.

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