A Nova Scotia hospital was placed under lockdown on Wednesday after it received a bomb threat over the telephone.
The lockdown has since been lifted.
Although police have searched the building, nothing was found to substantiate the threat.
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According to police, a man called Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital in Musquodoboit Harbour just before 2 p.m. to say he was going to “blow up the hospital.”
When officers arrived at the hospital, staff had already initiated a lockdown procedure.
RCMP established a security perimeter around the building, while the RCMP Explosive Disposal Unit and the Halifax Regional Police K-9 Unit began conducting a search of the hospital.
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Police say their investigation is ongoing.
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