Slovakia Records 1,100 Bomb Threats In A Day, Terror Investigation Launched

On Tuesday, the police stated that Slovak schools and institutions including banks received over 1,100 bomb threats, triggering evacuations across the country.

The police announced that they had launched a terror investigation.

The deputy chief of police, Rastislav Polakovic, stated, “The act is being investigated as a particularly serious crime of terrorist attack”.

“Emails started arriving at schools on Tuesday from five or six in the morning”, Polakovic continued, adding that about 1,000 bomb threats were directed at schools with more than 100 being received by banks.

“The police are working at full speed, checking security at schools and working to identify the perpetrator”, the police noted.

The Perpetrators might face life imprisonment.

Lucia Forman, the spokeswoman for the Bratislava self-governing region, said that the country has received bomb threats in dozens of schools it runs.

“We took all the necessary steps, the children were evacuated and the police are dealing with the case”, Forman added.

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