bomb threat

More than 400 Lithuanian schools have received bomb threats. Spokesman of the Police Department Ramūnas Matonis has confirmed the information to the news agency ELTA.

Bomb threats were emailed to several schools in Vilnius on Monday morning, police have said.

Traffic has been closed in Liepkalnio Street in Vilnius in both directions extending to Dunojaus and Pelesa Streets after an aerial bomb was found in the area. The police have decided to evacuate people living within 200 metres away from the scene.

On Wednesday morning, emergency services received a report about an alleged bomb in the shopping and entertainment centre Akropolis in Vilnius.