Moscow: Nearly 15,000 people evacuated over bomb threats
- 20 December, 2019
- 08:15
Stay up to date with the top news!
Slightly more than 60 objects with a mass stay of people in Moscow, including 46 schools, received anonymous reports of "bomb". No dangerous objects were found, and nearly 15,000 people were evacuated in total, the emergency services representative told RIA Novosti.
“Over the past day, 46 schools, seven courts, six kindergartens, one medical institution and one administrative building received threats of explosions in Moscow,”
source said.
He noted that during inspections
15,000 people were evacuated from several facilities. No dangerous objects were found.
A wave of bomb threats on ships, subway stations, train stations, and social facilities has swept through Moscow and Saint Petersburg for the past three weeks. Special services have found no dangerous or explosive substances in any of the mentioned cases.