'Bomb Threat Mail Claiming Explosives Planted at Court' ... Sender Says "I Am a Japanese Idol"
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- 2026-08-26 15:21:31
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- 2026-08-26 15:21:31

[Financial News] Police are searching the scene after a threatening email claiming that explosives had been planted near a court was sent in Busan.
According to the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency on the 26th, police received a report at 1:41 p.m. from the Busan High Court saying it had received an email claiming that explosives had been planted at the court, and officers were dispatched to the scene.
The sender of the email claimed to be a member of a Japanese idol group and wrote, "I planted a homemade bomb around the court, and it will explode between 1:34 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on August 26."
It was also reported that similar threatening emails were sent one after another to major courts across the country that day.
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