CNN newsroom in New York evacuated after bomb threat
The New York office of the U.S. news network CNN was evacuated due to a bomb threat. The alarm was triggered late Thursday evening, CNN reported on its website.
The police of the metropolis of millions closed the street in front of the CNN building and called on the population to avoid the area. The Time Warner Center with CNN is located on Columbus Circle south of Central Park. According to CNN, several sirens sounded in the newsroom of the Time Warner Center in Manhattan on Thursday evening (local time). All employees then left the offices shortly after 10.30 p.m. (local time).
Presenter Don Lemon tweeted that his daily live show "CNN Tonight" had been interrupted in the middle of it. According to CNN, the bomb threat was received by telephone. Further details were initially unknown.
However, the police began an investigation into the incident. However, they found no explosive device. After around an hour and a half, the journalists were able to return to the newsroom, as the station later announced.
It was only in October that the CNN newsroom in New York was evacuated after an explosive device was found. At the time, mail containing explosive devices had been sent to a number of critics of US President Donald Trump, including former Democratic President Barack Obama and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (SDA)
