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Bomb scare in Poland during speech by deputy PM

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Grzegorz Siwicki 01.10.2018 12:55
A university auditorium was evacuated after a bomb scare in western Poland on Monday, a news agency reported.
Deputy Prime Minister and Science and Higher Education Minister Jarosław Gowin speaks at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań on Monday. Photo: PAP/Jakub KaczmarczykDeputy Prime Minister and Science and Higher Education Minister Jarosław Gowin speaks at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań on Monday. Photo: PAP/Jakub Kaczmarczyk

The incident disrupted a speech by Deputy Prime Minister and Science and Higher Education Minister Jarosław Gowin during a ceremony at the Adam Mickiewicz University in the western city of Poznań to open the new academic year, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

The university’s rector described the incident as "of course, a hoax," but asked everyone to leave the auditorium, PAP reported.

No details were immediately available, with police declining to provide information about who reported the bomb threat, according to PAP.

(gs/pk)

Source: PAP

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