Man, 18, said he made airport bomb threat for fun
By Zhao Wen |
May 12, 2012, Saturday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
AN 18-year-old man who claimed to have planted a bomb on an Air China flight and tried to extort 1 million yuan (US$158,338) from the Pudong International Airport made the threat as a joke, local prosecutors said yesterday.
The suspect, surnamed Pu, a Sichuan Province native, has been arrested on charge of fabricating terrorism information.
Pu called the airport hotline about 6pm on April 27, claiming he was an al-Qaida terrorist and threatening to detonate a bomb on flight CA406, preparing to take off for Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Prosecutors said Pu also demanded the airport transfer the money into his bank account in two hours.
The airport ordered passengers off the plane and unloaded their luggage for a second security check. Police found no bomb after a comprehensive search, causing a five-hour delay.
Pu told prosecutors he used a voice chat software called iSpeak to call the airport hotline, and he did it for fun.
"A netizen provided me with the number and I didn't know it would have such a serious result," Pu said.
Pu was caught two days later in a cyber cafe in Guangyuan City in Sichuan Province.
The suspect, surnamed Pu, a Sichuan Province native, has been arrested on charge of fabricating terrorism information.
Pu called the airport hotline about 6pm on April 27, claiming he was an al-Qaida terrorist and threatening to detonate a bomb on flight CA406, preparing to take off for Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Prosecutors said Pu also demanded the airport transfer the money into his bank account in two hours.
The airport ordered passengers off the plane and unloaded their luggage for a second security check. Police found no bomb after a comprehensive search, causing a five-hour delay.
Pu told prosecutors he used a voice chat software called iSpeak to call the airport hotline, and he did it for fun.
"A netizen provided me with the number and I didn't know it would have such a serious result," Pu said.
Pu was caught two days later in a cyber cafe in Guangyuan City in Sichuan Province.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
