An illustration depicting a bomb-threat email. [Generated with AI]
An illustration depicting a bomb-threat email. [Generated with AI]

Two people in their 20s turned themselves in to police in connection with an online post claiming a bomb had been planted at the Gwangju Intercity Bus Terminal.

According to the Gwangju Seobu Police Station, the two surrendered Sunday after seeing police conduct a search at the terminal and admitted to having written the post.

The post appeared Sunday at 4:58 p.m. on Everytime, an online community platform popular with university students, claiming a bomb installed at the terminal would detonate at 8 p.m.

Police deployed a first-response team and a counterterrorism unit to search the terminal and its surroundings but found no explosives or other suspicious items.


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