(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, DEC 22 - Three minors in Serbia and
Bosnia have been identified by police investigating a wave of
fake bomb threats that have disrupted daily lives in the region
over the past year, officials said Friday. Over two thousand
fake bomb threats were sent to various institutions in Serbia
alone since the beginning of the year, and large numbers of
schools and other facilities in Bosnia and Montenegro were also
targeted. A 14-year-old and a 15-year-old from Belgrade were
"identified and found", Serbian police said in a statement,
adding that another minor near the Bosnian town of Tuzla was
also discovered by local authorities. The teenagers allegedly
used gaming platforms to send the fake threats to schools they
attend, the statement added. "(We) suspect that the minors from
Belgrade used a specially created group on a gaming platform
demanded from (other) minors, which were previously identified
as senders of over 80 electronic messages of allegedly planted
explosive devices in educational and other institutions in
Serbia," it said. The youths also "exchanged experiences on ways
to protect anonymity" online, it said. (ANSA-AFP).
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