Several Philippine government agencies have suspended their operations after receiving a bomb threat messages on Monday, February 12.
As reported by Val Gonzales during MBC Netwrok News, operations were suspended at the Department of Natural Resources in Visayas Avenue in Quezon City after receiving a message that a bomb will allegedly explode at 3:34 p.m.
JUST IN: Punong-tanggapan ng DENR sa Visayas Avenue QC, binulabog ng ‘bomb threat’ | via Val Gonzales @dzrh5, DZRH News pic.twitter.com/ROpqWrrOqn
— DZRH NEWS (@dzrhnews) February 12, 2024
The bomb threat was reportedly received by the Quezon City Police District at 11:00 a.m. through an email.
Quezon City's policemen, Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office, Bureau of Fire Protection, and Department of Technology have already took precautions against the said bomb threat.
Another bomb threat was received by one of the facilities of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Taguig, as reported by Christian Maño.
JUST IN: Isa sa mga pasilidad ng Department of Science and Technology sa Taguig, binulabog ng bomb threat | via @xtian_mano, DZRH News pic.twitter.com/WDi7M7cxZ2
— DZRH NEWS (@dzrhnews) February 12, 2024
According to information obtained by DZRH News, the bomb threat came from an alleged Japanese claiming that he had put "high-performance bombs" in major Philippine government facilities.
"Those bombs will explode at approximately 3:34 p.m. on February 12," the email read.
"Unlike previous bomb threats, it really explodes, and many people die," it noted.
