US embassy evacuated

Vilnius - The US embassy in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, was evacuated yesterday after police received an anonymous bomb …

Vilnius - The US embassy in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, was evacuated yesterday after police received an anonymous bomb threat, the BNS news agency reported.

Quoting an official from the Lithuanian Interior Ministry, BNS said a bomb warning was called in to local police. The embassy was evacuated but no explosive devices were found.

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