Twitter Bomb Threat "Joke" Lands British Lad In Prison
News Mobile & Telco
A man was arrested by the South Yorkshire Police under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of conspiring to "create a bomb hoax", a week after he tweeted on his Twitter account that he will blow the Doncaster’s Robin Hood Airport ‘sky high’ if his flight was delayed. 26-year old Paul Chambers was arrested at his house by police officials on January 13th and was interrogated for 7 hours before being being released on bail pending further investigations....
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