Phony bomb threat suspect held
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June 26, 2013, Wednesday
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POLISH police detained one person yesterday in connection with false e-mail bomb threats that led to the evacuation of hundreds of people from more than 20 hospitals, courts, police stations and prosecutors' offices across the country, the interior minister said.
Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz said Poland's investigators were in touch with counterparts in the US, France and Germany, because some of the e-mails were sent from servers in those countries. He refused to give details about the suspect.
Police who checked all the locations said no explosives were found and there were no explosions at noon as the e-mails had threatened. One hospital in southern Poland was fully evacuated, one in Warsaw partially.
"The entire day was lost for us and for the patients," said Wlodzimierz Migacz, director of a hospital in Katowice, who ordered a full evacuation, including a premature baby in an incubator.
"I hope the author of the e-mail will be found and punished," Migacz said on TVN24.
TVN24 footage showed ambulances leaving the hospital to take patients to other medical centers.
A false bomb threat has a peak jail term of eight years.
Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz said Poland's investigators were in touch with counterparts in the US, France and Germany, because some of the e-mails were sent from servers in those countries. He refused to give details about the suspect.
Police who checked all the locations said no explosives were found and there were no explosions at noon as the e-mails had threatened. One hospital in southern Poland was fully evacuated, one in Warsaw partially.
"The entire day was lost for us and for the patients," said Wlodzimierz Migacz, director of a hospital in Katowice, who ordered a full evacuation, including a premature baby in an incubator.
"I hope the author of the e-mail will be found and punished," Migacz said on TVN24.
TVN24 footage showed ambulances leaving the hospital to take patients to other medical centers.
A false bomb threat has a peak jail term of eight years.
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