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Bulgaria: dozens of schools closed after bomb threats

2023-03-28T13:36:45.104Z


Dozens of schools in Bulgaria were closed on Monday and Tuesday following bomb threats, authorities said, citing a...


Dozens of schools in Bulgaria were closed on Monday and Tuesday following bomb threats, authorities said, citing a possible link to Russia.

"

Investigators favor the track of

hybrid attacks linked to Russia," Interior Minister Ivan Demerdjiev told reporters.

Bulgaria has called

on "intelligence assistance

" from its partners, particularly the United States, to try to identify the perpetrators of the threats, he added.

The Sofia prosecutor's office said in a statement that it had opened an investigation for terrorism.

Over a hundred similar alerts

Schools in the capital and other cities across the country have received almost identical emails in recent days from an organization called Free Misantropic Unabomber Legion.

In a message consulted by AFP, it warns of an imminent explosion of TNT disseminated in schools.

As a precautionary measure, evacuations were ordered, causing panic among parents.

A total of 102 alerts were identified.

This episode comes a few days before new elections in this Balkan country, while most polling stations are located in schools.

The minister, however, wanted to be reassuring, considering that “

the electoral process would not be disturbed

”.

Source: lefigaro

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