TOKYO, April 20 (Xinhua) — Japanese parliamentary officers mentioned they’ve acquired electronic mail messages from a member of a spiritual group threatening to explode their workplaces, native media mentioned on Thursday.
According to the officers, the emails have been despatched to the the web sites of each the higher and decrease homes of parliament on Wednesday evening, warning that bombs shall be detonated at lawmakers’ workplaces on Friday afternoon.
As reported by Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, the emails mentioned numerous highly-explosive bombs and units containing sarin nerve gasoline have been planted contained in the lawmakers’ workplace buildings, that are located on the other facet of the street from the parliament.
The member of the spiritual group additionally mentioned within the emails {that a} mass homicide of politicians shall be carried out from 1:34 p.m. native time on Friday.
As a results of the menace, safety personnel on excessive alert have been looking for suspicious objects and packages, however as but have discovered nothing untoward.