Court evacuated after bomb threat

A BOMB threat caused the Nicosia District court to be evacuated for more than two hours yesterday morning.

A police spokesman said: “An unknown person called the Nicosia central police station and said that at 9am there would be an explosion inside Nicosia District court.

We then moved to immediately evacuate the area.”

The spokesman said that the bomb squad, sniffer dogs, members of the traffic squad and the Rapid Reaction Unit (MMAD) were all rushed to the scene and after a thorough search the building was cleared. The spokesman added that the police response was merely standard procedure for this type of situation.

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