LA on alert over bomb threat call
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AUTHORITIES ratcheted up security on the Los Angeles metro following a tip from overseas about an impending bomb attack yesterday against a station in the sprawling rail network.
The threat was relayed by an anonymous man who called a public safety line run by an unidentified foreign government, which then passed on the information to a Federal Bureau of Investigation terrorism task force, said Deirdre Fike, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s office in Los Angeles.
The target of the threatened attack was metro’s Universal City station — located near the Universal Studios theme park — where the caller who spoke English said an explosive device would go off yesterday, Fike said.
Officials said they were working to determine the credibility of the threat described as “very specific.”
“The threat is imminent and it’s related to tomorrow” and concerned an off-ramp at the station, Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell said the call could be real or a hoax and urged commuters to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity.
He said undercover deputies had been deployed throughout the network, along with uniformed officers, the bomb squad and K9 explosive detection units.
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