Bomb hoax disrupts school

Bomb hoax disrupts school

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Some 700 students and teachers of
the Muhammadiyah high school in Purwokerto evacuated their
classrooms following a bomb threat from an unidentified caller on
Wednesday.

Hamidyah, an administrative employee of the school, said a
male called at 8:30 a.m. and threatened to blow up the school
within half an hour.

A quarter of an hour later the bomb scare was repeated with
the warning that the explosion would take place within another 15
minutes.

Police rushed to the scene after being informed of the threat,
and failed to find any explosives within the school grounds.

According to police sources, Muhammadiyah institutions in the
city received frequent bomb threats. (45/arp)