The number of planes receiving bomb threats in Europe increased to 21: 'Warriors of the Men's State' claimed responsibility in Italy

Bomb threats against passenger planes continue in Europe. The number of passenger planes receiving bomb threats increased to 21.

Officials of Madrid-Barajas International Airport in Madrid, the capital of Spain, announced that they received "bomb threats" against 3 flights. It was reported that no explosives were found in the inspections carried out on the planes. In the statement made by the Spanish airline company Iberia, it was stated that two planes operating Milan-Madrid and Rome-Madrid flights were affected by the threats.

Serbia-based Air Serbia also announced that they received a bomb threat against the plane flying from Belgrade to Bucharest. The company reported that the plane landed safely at the planned airport and that no explosive materials were found during the inspections.

According to the statement made previously by the Czech police, bomb threats were made to 4 planes arriving in Prague, Finnair's Helsinki-Rome and Helsinki-Vienna flights, Aegean Airlines' Thessaloniki-Milano flight, Ryanair's Copenhagen-Sofia, Madrid-Sofia, London-Sofia and Porto-Milano flights.

Bomb threats were also made to Wizz Air's Milan-Warsaw and Milan-Bucharest flights, Aer Lingus' Dublin-Rome flight, and Polish airline LOT's Warsaw-Paris and Warsaw-Brussels flights. No explosive devices were found during the searches on the planes in question.

The "Warriors of the Men's State" claimed responsibility for the denunciations in Italy. Rome Airport officials announced that the false bomb threats against two planes arriving in the capital Rome this morning were made through an e-mail with the subject heading "Threat notification". Officials stated that the denunciations were claimed by a group called "Warriors of the Men's State" and that the group stated that they were targeting a "feminist regime" and that they wanted to "leave their mark on history". Authorities also announced that the group had threatened to "paint the sky red" with explosions in its denunciation message.