Paris (France) (AFP) - French justice is investigating whether the false bomb warnings on planes that crossed its territory are linked to "foreign powers," the Paris prosecutor's office told AFP this Saturday.

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The investigations seek to "find the authors of the emails that disseminate this false information in order to make believe a dangerous destruction and its possible link with foreign powers," explained the public ministry.

Dozens of commercial flights were the subject of bomb alerts since the beginning of the week in Europe. Some planes had to be diverted, escorted by fighters, evacuated or searched. Bombs were never found.

The demands sent on Thursday to the airports of Rome and Sofia came from "Male State fighters", a reference that seemed to allude to the name of a Russian ultranationalist movement, but its leader denied any involvement.

For months now, European officials have been denouncing the increase in destabilization operations carried out for the benefit of Russia or Iran, whether they are disinformation campaigns, sabotage, cyberattacks, etc.

For several weeks now, the intelligence services have been anticipating an intensification of these campaigns, especially by Russia, in order to influence European support for Ukraine.

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