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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
An Israeli-American teenager, accused of making bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, in a courtroom in Rishon Lezion on March 23, 2017. (Flash90)
August 8, 2017, 10:31 pm
JCC bomb threats suspect offered his services on dark net – court docs
Israeli-American teen allegedly posted on illicit online marketplace advertising 'school email bomb threat service'
By SADIE GURMAN
Ultra-Orthodox men protest outside the house of Yaakov Rashi, Head of the IDF Yeshiva Students Department, June 18, 2017 (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)
July 4, 2017, 9:06 am
Fake bomb sent to officer in charge of ultra-Orthodox draft
Police investigating threat, call the incident a grave escalation by Haredi community extremists
By TOI staff
Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, California. (Wikipedia/Cbl62/CC BY-SA)
June 11, 2017, 4:06 pm
3 Los Angeles synagogues close on Shabbat over bomb threats
Police use K9 units to check for explosives, find none
By JTA
Illustrative: An easyJet airliner on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 3, 2013. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 11, 2017, 3:27 am
London-bound plane diverts over ‘terrorist activity’ threat
151 passengers evacuated via emergency slides after crew alerted of 'suspicious conversion' between 3 men on board
By AFP
A fleet of AirAsia passenger jets on the tarmac of the new low cost terminal KLIA2 in Sepang, Malaysia, Tuesday, May 13, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Joshua Paul, File)
June 1, 2017, 4:18 am
Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare
Police say mentally ill passenger attempted to enter cockpit, threatened to detonate electronic device; authorities not treating incident as terror
By Rod McGuirk
This photo taken Dec. 26, 2011, shows the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER that disappeared from air traffic control screens Saturday, March 8, on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. (photo credit: AP/Laurent Errera)
May 31, 2017, 6:48 pm
Plane leaving Australia forced to land over bomb scare
Passenger on Malaysia Airlines flight to Kuala Lumpur tries to enter cockpit; plane turns around after just 14 minutes in air
By TOI staff and Agencies
A scene on 41st Street, the shopping and dining district of Miami Beach’s Orthodox Jewish community, Oct. 14, 2016. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
May 30, 2017, 3:42 am
North Miami Beach Jewish school evacuated over bomb threat
Fax sent to institution demands $25,000 in ransom; police find no explosives at scene
By JTA
US President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after giving final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem before Trump's departure, May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2017, 2:13 pm
Settlement leader warns White House that pressuring Netanyahu could topple him
UK Labour leader Corbyn denies honoring Munich attack killer; foreign journalists complain Netanyahu won't answer questions
By TOI staff
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