Students refuse to evacuate court despite bomb threat

71 lawyers and two legal procurators who were sitting for their legal warrant exam in the law court building on 15 January all refused to stop writing when a bomb threat disrupted their exam.

“The exam began at 9am and was schedules to finish at 12pm,” Justice Minister Owen Bonnici said in response to a parliamentary question by shadow justice minister Jason Azzopardi. “Due to a bomb threat, the law courts issued instructions to evacuate everybody, including to the people sitting for their warrant exams.

“However, as soon as the lawyers and legal procurators were told about the bomb threat and that their exams were consequently cancelled, they started protesting. Absolutely none of them was willing to leave the courts.

“Following necessary consultation, the exam-takers were told that they would be allowed to continue sitting for their exams under their own personal responsibility. Everybody accepted to continue working under these conditions.”