Narissa Fraser
Workers from the High Court and environs gather on the Promenade after word of a bomb scare in the Court on Wednesday morning. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
NO suspicious/explosive devices were found at the High Court on Harris Street, San Fernando on Wednesday morning after a bomb threat made by phone.
Police said they were alerted to the threat at 8:38 am.
A man called the court’s phone operator saying, “There is a bomb in the building,” repeatedly and then hung up the phone.
A police officer walks with a K9 dog near the High Court located on Harris Street, San Fernando, on Wednesday morning. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
Staff were told to evacuate the building and assemble at the nearby muster point at Harris Promenade. As a precaution, staff at City Hall – also nearby – were required to evacuate as well.
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Ambulance and a fire truck are seen near the San Fernando High Court, on Wednesday morning following a bomb scare. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
Fire personnel led by fire station officer Michael Gafour, along with police, bomb specialists, emergency services and two K-9 officers searched the building and nearby areas until approximately 10:30 am.
It was then declared safe and staff were allowed to return to their respective buildings.
A bomb specialist inspects vehicles outside the High Court, located on Harris Street, San Fernando on Wednesday morning. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
A police officer walks near the High Court with a K9 dog after reports of a Bomb scare, on Wednesday morning. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
A man alongside workers from San Fernando High Court, make their way across the Promenade to shelter from the rain folllowing a bomb scare on Wednesday morning. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
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