Monday, October 19, 2009

Bomb threat at Chisinau radio station

An unknown person recently called the Antena C radio station and threatened to place a bomb in the station's headquarters soon.

Police are investigating the case.

In the last few months, the Chisinau airport, the Press House, and other buildings in Chisinau have gotten bomb threats and were evacuated as a result.

In addition, a grenade was detonated in the crowd last Wednesday during a City Day concert. About 40 people were hurt. Police have apprehended one suspect and have said that they are looking for more.

Antena C was the city hall-run radio station until 2007, when it was privatized by Communist authorities and their Christian Democratic allies. Experts and media organizations said at the time that the station was sold to a pro-Communist businessperson. Monitoring reports since privatization have established that Antena C has mostly positive coverage of the Communists and mostly critical coverage of other parties.

h/t www.unimedia.md

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