Prague (AFP) – More than a dozen flights in Europe were again subject to bomb alerts on Friday, reported the authorities of the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Portugal, after a day of disruption to air traffic due to these alarms.

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The day before, at least twenty routes, most operated by low-cost airlines, received threats of explosions on board.

A spokeswoman for Prague airport reported threats on nine flights, three bound for the Czech capital and another six departing from it.

Another infrastructure spokesperson added that "new threats" had been received, "which indicated the placement of explosive devices on a greater number of planes."

However, he explained that "the operation" of the platform continues to be "normal and fluid."

A spokeswoman for the Bulgarian Ministry of Transport told AFP that alerts had been received for two flights bound for Sofia on Friday, which landed without incident.

In addition, Portuguese police reported a similar threat to a flight between Lisbon and Rome, which was due to depart on Friday.

Agents "conducted a security inspection of the aircraft, without finding any explosive devices," he added in a statement.

Air traffic has been disrupted this week in Europe by recurring bomb threats.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for any of the threats that affected all of the flights, but some of them, sent to the airports of Rome and Sofia, stated that they came from "Combatants of the Male State."

This seems to refer to the name of a Russian nationalist movement, although it is not possible to verify the relationship.

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