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Wat Phnom Temple in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (CC BY-SA Marcin Konsek, Wikimedia Commons)
April 12, 2018, 5:41 pm
US embassy in Cambodia warns personnel of alleged bomb plot
Prime Minister Hun Sen advises of possible attack on Wat Phnom temple in Phnom Penh by Khmer National Liberation Front
By AP
Illustrative image of Caterham High School in Britain. CC BY-SA Caterham High Students, Wikimedia Commons)
March 19, 2018, 5:28 pm
UK Jewish schools among 400 to receive hoax bomb threats
Police say threat not believed to be credible, though some schools choose to lock down or evacuate premises
By TOI staff
A man brought for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, under suspicion of Issuing fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions around the world, on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
March 1, 2018, 8:05 am
US issues fresh indictments against Israeli-American teen over bomb threats
Justice Department charges Ashkelon teenager with hate crimes, cyberstalking in Florida, Georgia, Washington
By TOI staff
The Ohev Sholom synagogue in Washington, DC. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
December 3, 2017, 10:31 pm
FBI identifies man who made bomb threats to US Jewish institutions
Ford Kevin Coots is suspected of threatening synagogues and JCCs and assaulting a federal officer sent to question him
By JTA
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway. (Screen capture: Google maps)
November 9, 2017, 4:35 pm
Bomb threat faxed to Orthodox Jewish high school in New York
Building evacuated while police search the site; no explosives found and police open an investigation
By JTA
The Jewish Museum of Florida in Miami Beach. (Richard Tenorio)
November 3, 2017, 4:10 pm
Bomb threat cancels Balfour Declaration event at Florida Jewish museum
21-year-old college student arrested for threatening to 'raise havoc'; police order event called off after finding signs of explosives in his car
By JTA
Anti-Semitic graffiti spray painted on a Jewish home in Staten Island, New York, October 17, 2017. (Screen Capture: CBS)
November 2, 2017, 10:41 pm
First 9 months of 2017 saw surge in anti-Semitism in US
According to the ADL's latest Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, episodes in schools have more than doubled
By Eric Cortellessa
In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, people are checked by security guards before entering a store at Red square in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
October 6, 2017, 7:43 pm
Moscow hit by 130 fake bomb calls, evacuates 100,000 people
Threats made to all four airports of the Russian capital, part of wave of calls since September that has authorities stumped
By AP
Illustrative image of a British Airways plane at London's Heathrow Airport (Panhard/Wikimedia Commons)
September 17, 2017, 12:40 pm
British Airways flight evacuated in Paris after bogus threat
Authorities determine false alarm after all passengers and luggage taken off plane and searched
By Angela Charlton
Guests of the Kosmos Hotel wait outside after being evacuated from the building in Moscow on September 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Maxim ZMEYEV)
September 13, 2017, 9:22 pm
15,000 evacuated in Moscow after bomb threats
Buildings emptied following two days of phone threats which prompted evacuation of 45,000 people nationwide. No bombs found
By AFP
Illustrative photo of a Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
September 12, 2017, 2:33 am
UK Jewish couple hold ad-lib wedding after bomb threat clears hall
With all 2018 guests forced to evacuate hotel, Gaby and Dan Rosehill put together an impromptu ceremony, chuppah and all
By Josefin Dolsten
The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland has increased police presence at both of its campuses in light of security threats. (Courtesy of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School/via JTA)
August 31, 2017, 5:50 pm
Post-Charlottesville, Jewish schools increase security with bomb threats in mind
While institutions are taking precautions, drastic change isn't on the curriculum
By Ben Sales
A dormitory at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (John Phelan/Wikimedia Commons)
August 24, 2017, 3:53 am
Brandeis University reopens after bomb scare
Boston-area school briefly evacuated, shuttered after receiving threat
By JTA
Illustrative photo of Dutch police in the port city of Rotterdam, March 12, 2017. (AFP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand)
August 23, 2017, 11:56 pm
Rotterdam concert canceled over terror threat involving Spanish van
Police arrest driver near venue in Dutch port city; vehicle found loaded with gas bottles
By TOI staff and Agencies
People wait to board a train, June 4, 2013. (photo credit: Shay Levy/FLASH90)
August 16, 2017, 11:44 am
Rehovot train station briefly evacuated over bomb scare
Police say a Pakistani tourist with a bag 'aroused the suspicion' of officers, but an inspection found no explosives
By Judah Ari Gross
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