#bomb-threat

#bomb-threat

Local News Boston police said "multiple institutions" have received similar threats, Suffolk University police said in an update sent to the university community. An emailed bomb to Suffolk University prompted the school to temporarily shut down a campus library Monday morning, a university official said. The threat targeted the Mildred F. Sawyer Library on Tremont Street, Suffolk University Vice President of Media Relations Greg Gatlin told Boston.com. Boston police swept the library as a precaution and deemed it all clear, Gatlin said.

The area around Hudson Yards train station is once again open to the public and operating after a bomb threat led the NYPD to evacuate the area Friday evening, police said. According to the NYPD, police responded to a 911 call about a bomb threat in the area of 33rd Street and 10th Avenue a little after 5 p.m. They said they learned from security personnel that someone had entered the area and made verbal threats.

Munich's Oktoberfest grounds have remained closed until at least 5 p.m. Wednesday after a bomb threat linked to an explosion in the city's north, local authorities have said. Police said the closure followed a fire in a house in the Lerchenau district, where explosive devices were discovered. Officers said they are investigating possible connections to the Theresienwiese festival site and other locations, though no specific threat has been confirmed.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has said the "sustained, relentless nature" of threats targeting his children and family must be called out and not "glossed over".

A spokesman for An Garda Siochana, said they were investigating the matter. A source said that this afternoon at around 3pm calls were received by three different garda stations in which male voices indicated there was some sort of bomb at the home of the Tanaiste. Mr Harris and his family were not home at the time. Gardaí responded to the threats and went to the home of Mr Harris. It is understood that a sniffer dog was used in the assessment of the threat.

A bomb threat was received at Park House School in Newbury, prompting its closure for the day and the activation of emergency procedures to ensure student safety.

Air India stated that Flight AI114 from Birmingham to Delhi was diverted to Riyadh after receiving a bomb threat, landing safely and undergoing security checks.

Authorities were notified and swarmed Hawaiian Airlines Flight 15 on the tarmac at 8:45 a.m. One man was yanked off the airplane in handcuffs, witnesses said.

The defendant may not have intended all the harm that resulted from his action, but the consequences of his email were serious.