Children and teachers from 70 schools in the city were evacuated in Khabarovsk. This was reported on the website of the city administration.
In total, 47,608 schoolchildren and 3,297 employees of educational institutions were evacuated, the report says. According to Alexei Sobolev, head of the department of general education, information about the «mining» came from unknown persons in electronic form.
“The senior students have been sent home. Under the supervision of teachers, primary school students went to warm places near schools. They are waiting for their parents in cultural institutions, additional education and other sites that are assigned to them,” Sobolev said. «SingleImage_image__3qIDn» alt=»» />
Photo: DVHab
Cynological checks of all schools for the presence of explosive devices are now taking place. The second shift was cancelled. As of 16:10 local time (9:10 Moscow time), experts checked 36 schools and found no suspicious items, the administration said.
According to local publication DVHab, the total number of evacuated schools was 71. fire brigades and ambulances arrived at the institutions.
Also, according to TASS, anonymous reports of «mining» were also received on January 18 in three schools (No. 1, 3, 4) and kindergarten No. 7 of the city of Korsakov in the south of Sakhalin.