Uruguayan police on "full alert" after multiple bomb threats within one week - Latin America Reports

This Wednesday, the University of the Republic received an e-mail in which the sender warned of a massacre; the warning adds to other warnings that began on Saturday

Three shopping centers and several buildings of the University of the Republic (Udelar) had to be evacuated. The director of the National Police, José Manuel Azambuja, reported that “all hypotheses are investigated”

The police arrested a person linked to the bomb threats to shopping malls and universities The police arrested a person in the middle of raids to find those responsible for the bomb threats that took place in recent days in shopping and universities in Montevideo. The detainee was captured in raids [...] La entrada Uruguay Bomb threats in shopping and universities in Montevideo aparece primero en NODAL.

Since Saturday night, a series of bomb threats in three shopping malls caused shock in the country. On Tuesday there was a warning of a possible "massacre" at the University of the Republic that was repeated in several high schools. A series of bomb threats provoke shock in Uruguay and put on "full alert" the police who investigate "all hypotheses" and implented a patrol operation that includes helicopters flying over the University of the Repub…

Uruguayan police on "full alert" after multiple bomb threats within one week - Latin America Reports

Uruguayan authorities have dealt with at least six bomb threats over the past week, with university buildings and shopping centers having been evacuated.  The bomb threats began on Saturday, March 22, when Montevideo Shopping Center had to be evacuated after a bomb threat was made in a telephone call. Authorities evacuated the mall, but no explosives were discovered.  The next day, the Punta Carretas shopping center—also in Montevideo—received a…

The Uruguayan police have acknowledged being “in full alert” and investigating “all hypotheses” following the bomb threats that motivated the evacuation of three shopping centers in Montevideo on the weekend, to which another one was added on Wednesday at the University of the Republic, which also received a warning for a possible “attack”. The director of the country’s National Police, José Manuel Azambuja, reported in a press conference that t…