Lebanese palace evacuated amid bomb threat

'There was a telephone call with a bomb threat and they are evacuating people now,' says minister

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Beirut: Lebanon's Information Minister Tarek Mitri said the Justice Palace in Ba'abda was evacuated amid a bomb threat on Wednesday.

"There was a telephone call with a bomb threat and they are evacuating people now, it's not yet determined if there is a bomb," Mitri said in a telephone interview.

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