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| Russian State Library in Moscow evacuated over bomb threat | Russian State Library in Moscow evacuated over bomb threat |
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| More than 1,500 visitors and staff have been evacuated from Russia’s largest library in central Moscow, after an anonymous caller warned that a bomb had been placed inside. | More than 1,500 visitors and staff have been evacuated from Russia’s largest library in central Moscow, after an anonymous caller warned that a bomb had been placed inside. |
| Several eyewitnesses told local media that a suspicious object had been found inside the Russian State Library in Moscow, before police began to escort people out of the building, which is located next to the Kremlin walls. | |
| A police source, who was not authorized to reveal his name, told RIA Novosti that an “inebriated male voice” was heard during the initial call. | |
| Military engineers, police patrols, emergency services and several fire crews were immediately directed to the scene. | |
| Sniffer dogs began to inspect the visitor halls, which contain over 17 million tomes, while officials ordered the evacuation of all those inside. |