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VILNIUS, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) — Several schools in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius received bomb threats via email on Monday, the first day of the new school year, according to police reports.
As of 9 a.m. local time, the police had received 26 reports of threats to blow up educational institutions in Vilnius, as confirmed by Revita Janaviciute, a spokeswoman for the Lithuanian police, to the Baltic News Service (BNS).
Currently, there is no information on any school evacuations. The Police Department, through its social media, advised schools not to panic and to maintain normal operations, emphasizing that evacuations should only occur if a suspicious item is found.
The incident follows a series of hoax bomb threats in October 2023, when thousands of schools, kindergartens, and municipal buildings across Lithuania, as well as in Latvia and Estonia, were targeted with similar emails. ■
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