Moscow cafe evacuated after bomb threat

A coffee shop in Moscow was evacuated late on Saturday following a call reporting a bomb threat, police said on Sunday.

A coffee shop in Moscow was evacuated late on Saturday following a call reporting a bomb threat, police said on Sunday.

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"An unidentified person called a police emergency number and reported a bomb in a coffee shop at 10 Stoleshnikov pereulok," a police official said.

"Police officers evacuated customers from the cafe and closed the establishment."

They conducted a thorough search of the premises but did not find any suspicious object. A search for the prankster is under way.