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As portal lrytas.lt Kaunas County LSC spokesperson says Oct. 9. around 2 pm 4 min. An electronic alert about a possible explosive was received at the Kaunas Akropolis shopping center on King Mindaugas Avenue.
Without waiting for anything, the “Shield” plan was presented, people were evacuated from the building.
Brigita Kuodytė, manager of Kaunas Akropolis, for the portal lrytas.lt He said all the people were evacuated from the building in about 10 minutes.
“A report was received that the mall had been mined, so the security guards quickly evacuated all visitors and staff. All people were completely evacuated in about 10 minutes,” said B. Kuodytė in a voice. quiet.
After receiving the message, there were about 3,000 people on the Acropolis, visitors and employees of the shopping center. At the moment, according to the manager, they are all at a safe distance near the Acropolis. There are no victims.
According to the visitor to the shopping center, the evacuees were prevented from closing the main exits of the shopping center.
B. Kuodytė clarifies that the traffic jams were caused by the roulette wheel on the third floor. When security personnel rushed in, the side door was opened and the evacuation was completed.
“They were all evacuated without panic, deliberately. We will review the still recordings of the cameras and delve into the situation, because I saw that there were people in the public space who were not satisfied with the evacuation process, ”said B. Kuodytė, head of Kaunas Akropolis.
Officials from the Lithuanian Aras police counterterrorism operations team arrived at the scene and inspected the shopping center. Police officers ensured protection of the perimeter.
No explosives were found after the inspection. The report was false. Kaunas Akropolis boss B. Kuodytė shared a short comment to summarize the situation:
“After the officers of the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Team“ Aras ”inspected the facilities and the territory of the shopping center and found no explosives, at 5 pm 15 minutes. The activities of the “Akropolis” of Kaunas “were renewed.
The incident is under investigation.
