The Pasay City police found that the reported bomb threat at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Friday afternoon, May 12 was a hoax. | ManilaBulletin READ:
According to the report of the Pasay City police, members of the Special Weapon and Tactical Unit- Explosive and Ordnance Disposal immediately responded after receiving a call from the PICC security manager about an alleged bomb threat at around 12:20 p.m.
The police said that Marlon Fabricante, head of the administrative services division of the National Privacy Commission , saw a comment on their Facebook page from an account named Angelo Iglesias that said "time bomb set on your building starts now.” The police said the team of SWAT-EOD searched the entire five-storey building using one explosive detection dog from Regional EOD and Canine Unit.
Reports showed no explosives were found during the conduct of the search which was completed at around 4:49 p.m. The police declared the alleged bomb threat a hoax and advised the public to remain calm and vigilant.related stories
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