Bomb threats have temporarily disrupted voting in the highly competitive swing state of Georgia. The American Federal Police (FBI) sees a lead to Russia.
The threats targeted five to seven polling stations in several counties in Georgia, Georgian elections director Brad Raffensperger revealed, according to US media.
Voting extended
An election official in Fulton County, Georgia, said polling places there were closed for a short time while the threats were investigated. The bomb threats eventually led to the voting being extended, but only for the half hour during which voting was not possible.
“In the interest of public safety, we are always assessing this, and we will remain very responsible when we hear about things like this,” Raffensperger said.
The state’s Republican interior secretary said the threats came from Russia, which the FBI confirmed.
“Several bomb threats”
According to the FBI, many of the bomb threats appeared to have come in the form of emails from Russia. So far, none of them have proven credible, FBI spokeswoman Savannah Syms explains.
The FBI later added that it was also aware of other threats. “The FBI is aware of bomb threats targeting polling places in several states, many of which appear to have originated from Russian email domains,” the report said.
The FBI has set up a national elections command post in Washington to analyze potential threats to the election process 24 hours a day.
Source: Krone
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