FBI Warns Of Bomb Threats From Russia As Trump Contest Against Harris

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), on Tuesday, warned of bomb threats at polling stations in multiple US states as citizens vote for their next president.

According to FBI, none of the threats were credible, but many appeared to originate from Russia.

FBI in a statement, noted that investigation came as authorities in the US state of Georgia said bomb threats had briefly disrupted voting.

The 2024 US presidential campaign has been a particularly volatile one, and security for Election Day has been ramped up to unprecedented levels, given concerns over possible civil unrest, election chicanery and violence against poll workers.

“The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains,” spokeswoman Savannah Syms said in a statement.

“None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far,” she added, urging the public to “remain vigilant.”

Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, said the state had also identified the source of bomb threats that briefly disrupted voting at polling places there, “and it was from Russia.”

An election official in Georgia’s Fulton County said polling places were briefly closed as the threats were investigated.

Naija News reports that US citizens in large numbers have cast their votes to decide their next president between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.