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2005-11-14 Down Under

Terror threat in Australia, bus & train stations evacuated

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Posted by Oztralian 2005-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Police received six calls reporting suspicious packages across Brisbane.

Police said all but one had been cleared.

Police are still investigating a package found on a bus at Sunnybank Hills.

Posted by Oztralian 2005-11-14 05:42|| 2005-11-14 05:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Glad to hear our Australian cousins are safe. Stupid schoolboy pranks, or testing the system, d'you think?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-14 05:58|| 2005-11-14 05:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Testing, I'd bet. Schools are still in there till Christmas. They should wait till after school's out and the place is jumping.

Posted by Angaling Shavinter4877 2005-11-14 08:13|| 2005-11-14 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Stupid schoolboy pranks, or testing the system, d'you think?

Schoolboys generally confine themselves to bomb threats on exam days. I used to work at an Australian education institution, and more than once we had to clear out because of a bomb threat. They told me, "Oh, yes, people call in threats in hopes their exams will be postponed."

Australia's a weird place. They twitter at a shooting but are nonchalant about bomb threats just to get out of taking a test.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-11-14 11:56|| http://darkblogules.blogspot.com]">[http://darkblogules.blogspot.com] 2005-11-14 11:56|| Front Page Top

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