Who Are Fighters of the Male State? Sexist Unit Claim Flight Bomb Threats
Summary
Bomb alerts disrupted flights across Europe on Thursday after an email to Rome airport authorities claimed explosives were aboard two flights bound for the city. The sender claimed to represent the “Fighters of the Male State,” but authorities had not confirmed who was behind the threats or whether the group was linked to a Russian misogynist movement with the same name.Key Facts
- The email named a Finnair flight from Helsinki and an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin as targets.
- The Finnair plane landed at Rome’s Fiumicino airport with an Italian fighter jet escort; the Aer Lingus flight diverted to a French military base.
- At least 20 flights were affected by bomb alerts at airports including those in Madrid, Prague, Sofia and Brussels.
- An unnamed airport official told the Associated Press that another airport received a message from a self-described anti-feminist group; it was not clear whether the messages came from the same source.
- Authorities had not formally identified a suspect, and the investigation was in its early stages.
- A Russian court banned the Male State social media movement as extremist in 2021.
- The movement was founded in 2016 by Russian far-right activist Vladislav Pozdnyakov and promoted nationalism, white supremacy and opposition to feminism and gay rights.
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