Bomb threat in UP-AyalaLand Technohub a false alarm

Jun 25, 2013 7:18 PM PHT

Rappler.com

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A bomb threat is reported at the UP Ayala Technohub in Quezon City. Police are still trying to verify the report.

EMPLOYEES EVACUATED. Employees from IBM Building E, F and G were evacuated following a reported bomb threat at the UP-AyalaLand TechnoHub. Photo by Dennis Baldoria

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – A bomb threat reported in one of the IBM office buildings at the UP-AyalaLand TechnoHub along Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City was a false alarm.

The Explosive Ordnance Division (EOD) of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) declared it a false alarm at around 8:00 pm of Tuesday, June 25. SPO4 Victor de Leon, chief in charge of the QCPD Tactical Operations Center, confirmed this to Rappler.

Employees in IBM Buildings E, F and G were evacuated at around 6:00 pm.

In a phone interview, De Leon said that EOD operatives scoured the area for explosives shortly thereafter, but the search turned up negative.

Photo by Dennis Baldoria

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