Sleepless in Karaganda: Bomb hoax causes panic in a residential district
11:44, 3 October 2013
KARAGANDA. October 3. KAZINFORM Dwellers of two residential blocks had to spend a few hours outside their apartments Wednesday night due to a bomb hoax.
On Wednesday evening, an unknown caller told the Karaganda Internal Affairs Department official that an explosive device was allegedly planted inside the residential complexes in Vostok-3 microdistrict.
The bomb threat prompted the evacuation of 315 people to a safer location.
Local police and bomb squad rushed to the residential district only to find that was somebody's goof.
Investigators have yet to trace the origin of the bomb threat, the International Affairs Department says.