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Bomb threat forces evacuation at Manas Airport; investigation underway.

in National Security / Kyrgyzstan - by


Airport Manas was evacuated due to a bomb threat. The information was confirmed by its press service.

"In the morning, we received an email from someone named Nurbek. He claimed to be the founder of a certain group and allegedly they are planning to blow up the airport if we do not transfer a million soms," they said.

Employees and passengers were evacuated. The security service is conducting an inspection.