Bomb Threats in Skopje and Bitola Fake

The Interior Ministry’s checks have determined that the Friday’s bomb threats in Skopje and Bitola are fake. The authorities have informed also NATO structures. The Interior Ministry has already formed a special HQ, while the Coordination Council is expected to discuss the matter from the standpoint of national security. The bomb threats were made against 10 schools in Skopje, five schools in Bitola, East Gate Mall, the airport in Skopje, Aleksandar Palace Hotel, where PM Dimitar Kovacevski was supposed to deliver an address, and several other facilities. According to Kovacevski, the intensity and scope of threats, as well as the template used for the threats in North Macedonia, but also in other countries, is a reason for a founded assumption that it is about hybrid attacks.