UPDATE: RVIPF confirm Riteway Pasea bomb threat a hoax
“The RVIPF responded yesterday to a report of what transpired to be a hoax call made by telephone to the premises of Riteway in Pasea,” the RVIPF said in a press release today November 6, 2015.
“As a precaution, the premises were evacuated for a short time whilst the risk was assessed. Shortly afterwards, Officers and security staff reopened the site, having satisfied themselves that no real threat existed,” the press release said.
According to the Police, the caller made no mention of a bomb and no such device was found. “No persons were injured during the incident and the store quickly returned to normal. Police investigations will continue, in order to identify the culprit.”
See previous article published on November 5, 2015:
Bomb threat @ Riteway in Pasea
PASEA, Tortola, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that there was a bomb threat reported at the Riteway shopping centre in Pasea earlier today, November 5, 2015.
It is not clear who received the report and what it specifically entailed but, according to reports, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) was called in.
The incident took place sometime after noon. The building was evacuated.
Police Information Officer Diane Drayton confirmed the incident but did not release any details.
Managing Director of Road Town Wholesale Trading Limited, Mr Simon Potter referred this news site to security personnel Mr Julian Donovan, who could not be reached up to post time.
Virgin Islands News Online will provide more information as it comes in.
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38 Responses to “UPDATE: RVIPF confirm Riteway Pasea bomb threat a hoax”
From what I can see, no one in that particular local group is capable of this type of activity. But what I have also seen from history is that once their numbers grow to beyond about 20% of the population, they become more bold, and their true colors start to show. At that point, if the capability is not here, then they will sponsor someone to bring it here.