More than 15,000 people are evacuated Wednesday from several shopping centers, universities and train stations in Moscow after a series of bomb threats, Russian media report.
A source in the emergency services tells state-run TASS news agency that over 30 prominent locations including the famed GUM shopping center on Red Square are temporarily emptied after anonymous telephone threats.
Interfax news agency cites a source as saying that over 15,000 people around the sprawling city are evacuated.
A representative for GUM tells AFP that employees are now allowed back inside the building.
The spate of threats comes after two days of similar calls caused disruptions in cities across Russia, with the state-run RIA Novosti news service reporting some 45,000 people evacuated nationwide.
No bombs are found at any of the locations.
— AFP
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