Another bomb hoax at parliament

ANOTHER bomb hoax led to the evacuation of parliament again at 9.45am on Thursday. Police spokesman Andreas Angelides said the bomb threat was called in to police, leading to the immediate evacuation of the parliament building in Nicosia.

A subsequent search by bomb experts concluded that the threat was a hoax.

Earlier this month, on July 11, a bomb threat at parliament, called in while the plenum was in session, also turned out to be a hoax.

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