Tigné Point evacuated over bomb threat by ‘foreigner’

Members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit had to carry out an investigation at the Tigné Point mall in Sliema yesterday after a man claimed a bomb was about to explode and then made a run for it.

Police are searching for a man who is claimed to have approached security personnel at the Tigné Point shopping complex in Sliema, warning them “the place would explode within 20 minutes.”

L-orizzont reported that the man – simply described as “reportedly of Pakistani nationality” – approached a security officer at the Tigné Point mall at around 1:40pm to ask him something.

“Suddenly the foreigner told the security officer that there was a bomb in the mall that would explode at 2pm. The man left the scene in a car… at the same time, somebody reported a bag that had been left unguarded. While the place was being evacuated, a man came to claim the bag.”