BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Royal Brunei Police Force detained a man over alleged bomb threat in the sultanate Monday afternoon.
The police detain the man to assist in investigation after receiving a bomb threat, it said.
The police said that they received a phone call on their 993 hotline, with the caller saying there was a bomb at a commercial building in the business-centered Gadong area.
Local witnesses told Xinhua that the police cordoned off the entire stretch of road in Gadong area from noon to 17:30 local time.
"I have been in Brunei for over 20 years. I never heard of things of this kind in decades," Fidzman, one witness whose dry-cleaning business located just across the road from the commercial building, told Xinhua.
"This bomb event has cause lots of scare in Brunei. Luckily, it has proved to be a false threat," he added. Enditem
