Panama Government Staff
Evacuated After Bomb
Threat
A false bomb threat
caused alarm and
prompted a staff
evacuation in the
Panamanian Labor
Ministry headquarters
here, police said
Tuesday.
Authorities ordered the
staff evacuation as a
precautionary measure
after an anonymous call
was received on the
police emergency line
warning about the
existence of a bomb in
the building.
Specialized staff were
later sent to the site
to detect the supposed
explosives.
No statement had been
released until Monday
but officials said it
was only a false alarm.
Violence and crime in
Panama are on the rise
due to the activities of
international drug
trafficking cartels.
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