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A call about the suspicious find on the Acropolis was received at 112 at the General Help Center at 11:32.
Soon, officials introduced a “Shield” security plan at the mall and its entrances.
After noon, agents from the Aras counterterrorism operations team arrived at the scene.
VIDEO: Aras officials arrived at the evacuated Acropolis.
In the place 15 minutes The journalist reported that initially people were evacuated only in the part of the shopping center near the “Burger King” restaurant, the sirens were lit on the “Acropolis”.
Cars turned near the supermarket and there was congestion.
Witness the scene 15 minutes He said he saw a person being taken out of the mall by the police in a dark jacket. According to one woman, the person they took out seemed drunk.
“At first they told us that the bombs had not been found, there were seven police teams, all the guards, they said they had not found anything, we were all working in silence, then, out of nowhere, they had been found,” 15 minutes said an employee of an institution located in the mall.
People continue to be evacuated, they even go out onto the streets with holes in their hands, says a local journalist.
“We watched the movie, the lights came on and everything and the message started, they started saying we need to evacuate safely, everyone got up and went out in order. We left through the evacuation door, ”said the visitor to the shopping center.
The evacuated people divide, the cars leave. They are probably waiting for those who are important to return to the mall, says the journalist on the spot.
Dominykas Mertinas, Head of the Communication Department of the Akropolis Group, also comments on the situation:
Today we received a report from the police service about possible explosives left in Vilnius “Akropolis”. The police officers, after a meticulous and careful inspection of the shopping and leisure center and its entrances, found a suspicious bag inside the Acropolis. We follow all instructions from the police: the mall, including all stores, staff and visitors, is evacuated.
Customer and employee safety is our top priority. In the event of possible external threats, we always actively cooperate with police officers and other law enforcement institutions, implementing the decisions and recommendations of the institutions necessary to ensure the safety of Akropolis employees and customers. This is what we do also in this case: we follow all the instructions.
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