Culprit in Bomb Threats to Jewish Centers in U.S. and Around the World is Finally Caught

Tamar Pileggi : Mar 23, 2017
Times of Israel

Nearly 150 bomb threats have hit JCCs, Jewish day schools and other Jewish institutions since the beginning of the year, causing the evacuation of dozens of Jewish community centers.

(Israel)—[Times of Israel] A Jewish Israeli teenager, 19, has been arrested on suspicion of issuing dozens of fake bomb threats against Jewish institutions in North America and elsewhere in recent months, police said on Thursday. (Photo: Flash 90/via Times of Israel)

According to police, he used advanced voice-altering technology to call in fake bomb threats to Jewish community centers in the US, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel.

Sources confirmed the suspect is a dual US-Israeli citizen. He was exempted from the mandatory IDF service after recruiters deemed him unfit for military service, according to the Haaretz Daily.

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