This Article is From Sep 30, 2014

Japan Bomb Threat Ends School Early For 44,000

About 44,000 young children were sent home early in one Japanese city Tuesday when 101 elementary schools were closed because of a bomb threat, police and reports said.

Authorities in the central city of Hamamatsu acted after a man telephoned to claim he had planted an explosive device at an elementary school in the city, a local police spokeswoman said.

Pupils were sent home and police officers were dispatched to check every school in the city.

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