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sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police find no explosives after bomb threat at Messianic synagogue
sa国际传媒官网网页入口 police investigate a bomb threat near Lomas and Jefferson NE on Saturday.
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A person called in a bomb threat to a Messianic synagogue in sa国际传媒官网网页入口 on Saturday morning, citing their 鈥済ripes鈥� with Israel over the country鈥檚 recent strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Gilbert Gallegos, an sa国际传媒官网网页入口 Police Department spokesman, said no explosives were found at the Adat Yeshua Messianic Synagogue after a search by the department鈥檚 bomb squad.
He said a backpack was found at the place of worship, near Lomas and Washington NE, but a bomb robot and X-rays found no explosives inside.
Gallegos said the FBI鈥檚 Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the threat.
Authorities nationwide have been on high alert for attacks at mosques and synagogues as Israel retaliates against Hamas terrorists, with many Palestinians caught in the middle, following a brutal attack on Israeli soil last weekend.
Saturday鈥檚 threat in sa国际传媒官网网页入口 focused on a Messianic site, though major denominations of Judaism reject Messianic Judaism as a form of Judaism, according to The Associated Press.
Gallegos said a 911 call came in before noon that someone had sent a message to a crisis hotline with 鈥渟ome gripes about Israel and the situation in the Middle East.鈥� The person said they were in the congregation building and had a bomb in a backpack set 鈥渢o go off at a certain time.鈥�
Gallegos said the rabbi and others evacuated the property as officers were arriving and told police 鈥渘obody was inside or suspicious when they exited.鈥� He said the backpack found in the lobby turned out to be a medic bag.
Gallegos said nobody has been charged in the case, and no suspects have been identified.
He also said police notified the FBI and, due to the current climate, reached out to synagogues and Jewish leaders around sa国际传媒官网网页入口.
Gallegos said no other threats have been reported.
