People evacuated due to bomb threat at 'Statu

New York: Hundreds of tourists were evacuated from near the Statue of Liberty in New York as well as Liberty Island as a precautionary measure to overcome a bomb threat and suspicious package. The National Park Service said that they had been informed from a 9/11 caller that they were going to blow up the Statue of Liberty in New York. Federal police who arrived with sniffer dogs found "an area of interest" near lockers at the base of the statue and carried out an emergency evacuation process ...