Over 1,000 buildings targeted by hoax bomb threats in Russia, this week

Moscow, Sept 22: Mora than 1,000 buildings received hoax bomb threats across Russia this week and about 4,00,000 people were evacuated, sources said today. Among the targeted facilities were shopping centers, administrative buildings, schools, passenger stations, airports, museums and night clubs, a law enforcement source told Tass news agency. “A wave of bomb calls in Russian cities began on September 11. It affected 80 cities, including Moscow. More than 1,000 facilities were checked after hoax bomb alerts and some 4,00,000 people were evacuated," the source said. “None of the threats have been carried out,” he said. According to the police, hoax bomb threats over the week, were a planned action organised by a group of persons. Russian mass media offered various theories, from the so-called Ukrainian trace (like in 2014, when false bomb calls came from Ukrainian telephone numbers) to a theory that the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group is behind these bomb threats. UNI