Slovak, Czech and Ukrainian Police Raid in Dnipro over Bomb Threats in 2024

Kiev/Bratislava/Prague, 16 July (TASR) - A joint Slovak, Czech and Ukrainian police team is taking action in the Ukrainian town of Dnipro in connection with an investigation into bomb threats at Slovak and Czech schools as of September 2024, the police reported on a social network on Wednesday. One Ukrainian national has been detained during the operation. Investigators of the cyber-crime police department, in cooperation with the counter-terrorism centre and the government's CSIRT cyber unit have been engaged in seizure operations in Dnipro since the early morning. According to the police, houses and other premises are currently being searched in several locations in the eastern-Ukrainian city, with police units seizing computers and mobile telecommunications equipment. "We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our colleagues from Ukraine and the Czech Republic for helping us to investigate bomb threats against Slovak and Czech schools. We don't care about the nationality of the perpetrator, we only care that the perpetrator is brought to justice and held accountable for his actions," reads the police statement. ko/df