June 23, 2005 - 10:58 AMT
FALSE CALL ON BOMB IN GOVERNMENT BUILDING RECEIVED AT ARMENIAN PM OFFICE
The information that there is a bomb in the building of the Armenian Government proved to be false, senior official of the Department of Emergency Situations of Armenia, Chief of the Civil Defense Board (CDB) Hakob Harutyunyan told journalists. In his words, 2:45 p.m. local time a call was received at the office of the Prime Minister that a bomb there is a bomb in the Government building. All CDB detachments were enabled at once. After investigation they arrived at a conclusion that the information was false. In Harutyunyan's words, the situation is under control now and the telephone hooligan is being searched for, Regnum news agency reported.