Copenhagen police have stepped up their presence at Kastrup Airport due to “threats directed at air traffic”. They initially assessed that there was no danger to people at the airport and that air traffic was operating as usual.
Czech police are responding to threats directed at Prague Airport. The threats concerned alleged homemade bombs on board planes, but measures have been taken without any significant impact on traffic, police announced on social media. According to the airport, at least eight flights were targeted, including one from Copenhagen.
Landed in another city
A Wizz Air plane en route from Prague to Rome was diverted and forced to land in Venice on Friday morning, Ansa reports.
In Portugal, police have investigated a Ryanair plane at Lisbon Airport after receiving an alert through international police cooperation, Correio da Manhã reports and other media outlets. The plane came from Italy and Rome Fiumicino Airport, where traffic was disrupted by several threats on Thursday.
In Ireland, several of the country's largest media offices have been evacuated after bomb threats were emailed. It is unclear whether there is any connection to the threats against air traffic.
Russian extremists?
A large number of false bomb threats have caused traffic chaos and unrest in Europe in recent days. On Thursday, nearly 30 flights were affected in various parts of the continent. Authorities have not established that this was a coordinated effort.
In several cases, the threats were reportedly followed by misogynistic messages attributed to a right-wing Russian extremist group or online community, but this has not been confirmed. The group in question calls itself something like “The Male State” (Muzjskoje Gosudarstvo) and has been linked to previous politically motivated campaigns involving false bomb threats, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports.
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