2023-10-18 16:30:00
A strong security operation was mounted in downtown Buenos Aires on the morning of this Wednesday, October 18, following a bomb threat at the headquarters of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina. The Federal police investigated the building located on Avenida de Mayo, where all staff were evacuated. They also worked at the United States Embassy due to another threat. At noon it was confirmed that they did not find any explosives.
The operation was carried out at the headquarters located at 700 Avenida de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires. As it was learned, the head of Security of the diplomatic delegation immediately contacted the Neighborhood Police Station 1C of the City Police, to alert them about the threat.
The warnings came amid rising tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.
The intimidating message came by email. “Jews, we are going to kill you all”, He said. The Israeli headquarters had been evacuated in addition to cutting off traffic, which is now recovering normal circulation. At the North American diplomatic representation they continued to work normally.
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The Federal Police Anti-Bomb Squad in conjunction with the City Police, who were outside the building. There was a total traffic cut in the surrounding area, so it was not possible to circulate until noon, when they confirmed that these were false threats.
Almost simultaneously, a threat arrived at the United States Embassy in Argentina, located in the Palermo neighborhood, behind the property of The Rural. There, at the headquarters on Av. Colombia 4300, the police also worked with a strong security operation in which troops from North American forces also participated.
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“They report that the head of security at the US embassy received a bomb threat via email and PFA personnel joined the scene”they explained, according to THAT.
Around noon, it was officially reported: “There are no credible threats against the United States Embassy in Argentina and we continue to operate normally.”. Additionally, Argentine Police personnel have been temporarily placed outside the Embassy due to recent world events. “U.S. Embassy officials confirm that the building has not been evacuated.”
In both cases, the Federal Justice on duty initiated a case for “public intimidation”.
On the other hand, the head of the SAME, Alberto Crescentihe said in Telefe that after the police notification the system’s ambulances were immediately made available and the action protocol came into operation. This also indicates that all hospitals in the area went into a state of alert.
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This Wednesday morning they also evacuated six airports in France due to receipt of “threats of possible attacks” through emails, a police source informed the agency AFP.
The list includes the airports of Lille, Lyon (Bron), Nantes, Niza, Toulouse and Beauvais, according to the same source. It is important to remember that France is in a state of alert “emergency due to threat of attacks” since the murder of a teacher in an attack of an Islamist nature that occurred last Friday.
On the other hand, in the early hours of this Wednesday, the synagogue located in the German capital, Berlinwas the subject of a Molotov cocktail attack which, according to German police authorities, did not result in any injuries or significant property damage.
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