2024-01-04 05:24:00
The government headquarters of at least six states of USA They had to be evacuated this Wednesday multiple bomb alerts triggered by intimidating emails addressed to a group of leaders and senior officials of said country. After a day of maximum tension and alert, the FBI confirmed that there were no signs of a “credible threat.”
Both authorities and local media confirmed that No explosives or dangerous objects were found. when police evacuated and searched official buildings (which house the state legislature and the governor’s offices) in the states of Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Montana.
“While everyone is safe, KSP (Kentucky State Police) has asked everyone to evacuate the state Capitol and is investigating a threat received by the Secretary of State’s Office“wrote the governor of that state, Andy Beshear, on the social network X.
The threat in question materialized through a series of emails sent “massively” to numerous senior officials in all the country.
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What did the message say that alarmed the authorities?
“I placed multiple explosives inside your Capitol [sede de Gobierno]. The explosives are well hidden inside and will explode within hours. I’ll make sure they all end up dead“said the message.
Authorities in other states confirmed that they had also been the target of threatslike in Michigan, where the police decided that the official building would remain closed throughout the day as a precautionary measure.
“There have been multiple bomb threats to state capitols across the country. So far Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan and Montana. Let’s not jump to conclusions about who is responsible.“said Gabriel Sterling, director of operations for the Georgia Secretary of State, Republican Brad Raffensperger.
“There will be agents of chaos sowing discord by 2024. They want to increase tensions”, he slipped in relation to the national elections and the climate of political tension that is looming this year in the United States.
The incident occurs three days before anniversary of the assault on the United States Capitol by supporters of the former president Donald Trumpepisode that took place on January 6, 2021.
US authorities observe with concern the increasing number of threats directed in recent months against officials and political figures.
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