Europe bomb hoaxes widen

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Irish officials say bomb threats sent to media outlets and airlines across Europe may be part of a coordinated disruption campaign. Threats targeted dozens of commercial flights and reportedly included a claim of responsibility from a group that denied involvement.

The series of hoax bomb scares sent to several Irish media outlets and European airlines are likely part of a coordinated campaign of disruption, according to the Irish government. Dozens of commercial flights have been targetted by email with threats said to be over and above the typical hoax in specificty. Ireland's broadcaster RTE who's staff evacuated the premises this morning and several Italian airlines, say they received a mesage cliaming to be from a Russian extremist group calling itself the Fighters of the Male State, which denied its implication. France 24's Jean-Emile Jammine speaks to Eric Schouten, founder and CEO of Dyami Security Intelligence.