Moscow police respond to multiple bomb threats targeting shopping centers owned by Armenian business-tycoon Samvel Karapetyan

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, ARMENPRESS. Moscow police have received anonymous calls on bomb threats targeting 10 different addresses in the Russian capital, TASS reported.

The addresses include Yerevan Plaza, the RIO Shopping Mall – owned by Russian-Armenian business magnate Samvel Karapetyan, and Cinema Star Cinema Theater.

Police told TASS that the bomb threats were called in within 10 minutes. The caller said that bombs are planted in trading centers and educational facilities.

“More than 10 locations are being inspected,” police told TASS.

It said that K9 units, rescuers and police are validating the threats at this moment.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan