Suspect in phone bomb alert in Maladzechna schools detained
This very person is suspected in sending the letters in which he demanded $ 10 thousand, to 10 school headmasters.
The suspect is being interrogated now. The police do not disclaim his ID or even age. Probably, he is a local inhabitant. He faces up to 5 years of imprisonment, BELTA informs.
The incident happened on Thursday morning. A headmaster of one of Maladzechna schools complained to the police about a letter saying: “Your school will be blown up unless you send $10 thousand to this purse” at 11.30 a.m.
The same letters were sent to 10 other Maladzechna schools (all of them were sent via mail from Maladzechna). The children and the teachers were evacuated from all schools and grammar schools. The kids were sent home, the police sealed the schools. Almaz police commando units and field engineers arrived in Maladzechna from the capital Minsk. By 16.30, it has been confirmed there were no explosives.
In pictures: evacuation of Maladzechna school #4
A criminal case has been started upon the fact. Officers of the Interior Ministry, the KGB and the Investigatory Committee looked for the plotter.
On Friday, schools in Maladzechna will work in accordance with their usual schedule.
