One and a half thousand threats
“In total, such letters were sent to about 1,500 addressees. The police ask you not to panic, they share recommendations on how to act after receiving a threatening message,” the Police Department said in a statement published on Monday morning.
“Both kindergartens, schools, and companies,” Police Department representative Ramūnas Matonis told BNS.
According to him, the notices were sent to various objects throughout Lithuania – including gymnasiums, kindergartens, municipalities, academies, security companies, libraries, media, galleries, private individuals and others.
The letters indicate that the explosions will take place on Monday at 12:12 p.m.
The police representative could not say whether there are any evacuees.
Monday from 6 a.m. until 10 o’clock In the morning Kaunas County Police received 121 reports about potentially mined educational institutions:
In Kaunas – 75
Kauno r. – 17
Kėdainiai district – 13
Jonava district – 11
Kaišiadori district – 5.
Klaipėda police received 3 reports about alleged explosives. Taurageszinios.lt reports that 21 reports of explosives have been received in the service area of the Tauragė county VPK.
Portal udiena.lt reports that 8 objects received threats to explode in the Utena district. Anyksta.lt announces that a pro-gymnasium and a kindergarten in Anykščiai received threats to explode. The institutions were evacuated, the premises were inspected, no explosives were found.
Rokiskis.lt announces that there are threats to blow up three institutions in the Rokiškis district, including a nursery school.
Širvintos district municipality reported that on Monday morning, messages (e-mails in Russian) were received by Širvintos Laurynas Stuokas-Gucevičiaus high school, “Atžalino” pro-gymnasium, primary school, “Boružėlė” nursery-kindergarten, Gelvonų high school. In order to eliminate even the smallest theoretical possibility of danger, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. schools will organize educational civil protection measures outside school premises. If parents are very worried, they can withdraw their children from lessons.
The mayor of Palanga, Šarūnas Vaitkus, announced that after receiving threatening letters during the night, the police checked all educational institutions in Palanga in the morning. After the inspection, the facilities are allowed to resume normal operations.
What should be done?
The police indicate that upon receiving such a report, it is necessary to immediately call 112 and until the arrival of the officers, they are asked to remain calm and gather a group of people who can implement solutions.
Only if it turns out that the institution has become the target of a mass information attack, access to the premises is controlled, there have been no suspicious persons and/or incidents in recent days, and the message received is the only information about the threat of an explosion – it is possible to wait for the arrival of police officers and not start an evacuation.
Last Friday, 900 reports were received in Lithuania about allegedly mined Lithuanian kindergartens and schools, all of them were false.
According to the Department of State Security, it is likely that the distributed messages about the mining of schools and kindergartens are a coordinated attack, which is carried out at the initiative of hostile states.
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2024-09-23 01:12:32
