Bomb threats against schools just a hoax, says IGP

 

Razarudin Husain said that two of the email addresses used by the sender were newly created and had never been used for any other internet services.

KUALA LUMPUR: The bomb threat emails sent to several schools in the country are just hoaxes, says Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain.

In a statement, the nation’s top cop said that police have received 19 reports of bomb threats from government schools, international schools and private schools in six states and Kuala Lumpur.

Seven reports were lodged in Selangor, followed by five in Kuala Lumpur, three in Johor, two in Penang, and one in Perak and Negeri Sembilan each.

According to Razarudin, police investigations found that two of the email addresses used by the sender were newly created and had never been used for any other internet services.

Police also found that the threats – translated from English to Malay – are the same as those sent to 70 schools in Jamaica on Nov 12 through the same email service provider.

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