A caller reportedly threatened to put a bomb in the mall to stop Malaysia from supporting the Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A popular mall in Johor Bahru was evacuated on Saturday evening after an alleged bomb scare, Malaysian media reported.
The caller said he is a foreigner, and he reportedly wanted Malaysia to stop supporting the Palestinians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, according to China Press and Sin Chew Daily, which quoted Johor Baru southern district police chief Raub Selamat.In a Facebook post on Saturday night, the management of the mall confirmed that it had “received a report of security threat via an anonymous phone call”.
On social media, shoppers at the six-storey mall said they were told to leave the premises without being given a specified reason.