State Police: School bomb threats traced to Russia

By News Staff

news@abc6.com

Police may have an idea who’s been sending the recent bomb threats to schools in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

According to State Police, the automated phone threats have been traced to Saint Petersburg, Russia. The threats were delivered by robo-calls.

Although investigators have traced it to Russia, they need Russian authorities to help them to take it any further.  The threats were made to school districts all around the world in recent weeks, from Newport to Australia.

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