An anonymous call that explosives had been planted at Kaunas Hydro Power Plant, one of Lithuania’s strategically important facilities, proved to be a hoax.
The caller told the police at just after 11:00 on Monday that the plant would explode at 13:00.
“Officers and colleagues from the Public Security Service checked the accesses and internal premises, and found no suspicious items,” Kaunas police spokesperson Odeta Vaitkevičienė told BNS.
On Monday morning, Vilnius and Kaunas airports also received hoax phone calls about bombs planted in the premises. Last week, a bomb threat targeting Vilnius Airport also proved to be a hoax.
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Last month, thousands of hoax bomb threats were also emailed to schools, kindergartens, municipal buildings, and other institutions across Lithuania.
According to Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC), the new hoax bomb threats do not appear to be linked to last month’s wave.
“The pattern of false bomb threats is slightly different this time, as is the form. They are received through voice calls or automated voice calls, rather than emails,” the NKVC told reporters.
“There are currently no clear indications that this is a continued attack,” it added.
Services are responding to the threats and managing the situation, the NKVC stressed.
“Currently, recipients of such threats are recommended to call 112 and follow the instructions of the officers,” it said in the comment.
The police are conducting a pre-trial investigation and trying to identify the callers making the threats.
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