Bomb hoax at City courts triggers panic.ISLAMABAD, October 22, 2009 (Frontier Star): Bomb hoax at City Courts F-8, commonly known as Katcheris, created panic among the people and subsequently the area was evacuated by the bomb disposal squad and police for clearance on Thursday. Some unidentified caller informed at around 12 pm that bomb has been planted on the premises of courts. Local police and bomb disposal squad officials reached the spot and got vacated the area for thorough sweeping. The people vacated the area and after more than one hour the area was cleared and the call proved to be a prank. Following the hoax, security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security of courts were further reviewed and additional force was deployed. Earlier, there was a report of firing between a suicide bomber Noun 1. suicide bomber - a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political and Police which also caused stampede but the incident was denied by DIG Operations Islamabad Police Bin Yamin and Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Amir Ali. Talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to media, DIG Operations said that the Police received a hoax call that a large quantity of explosive is present in the courts. The call triggered scare among the people, he said, adding that, soon after the report police and bomb disposal squad cleared the area after a search operation. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Private TV Channel, Police have also arrested a suspected person from the area. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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