St. Petersburg Courts and Moscow Universities Evacuate Following Bomb Threats
Similar evacuations were reported at more than a dozen universities throughout Moscow on Thursday, Russian media reported.
Several courthouses in St. Petersburg were evacuated on Friday following bomb threats, according to a court spokesperson who spoke with the RBC news outlet. The Kirovsky, Kalininsky, Oktyabrsky, and Smolninsky District Courts were among those evacuated. Meanwhile, universities in Moscow also experienced evacuations due to similar threats.
Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics had its staff and students evacuated, but the university later reopened, with some classes moved online. Evacuations were reported at over a dozen universities in Moscow on Thursday, including Moscow State University of Service and Transportation, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow Polytechnic University, and Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia.
The source of the bomb threats remains unclear, but the increasing number of attacks and sabotage operations in Russia linked to Ukraine has grown in recent years.
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