DNA sample taken from phone box where Intel bomb threat originated

Gardaí have taken forensic and DNA samples from a public phone box where a caller citing Islamic State issued a bomb warning to the Kildare plant of US computer giant Intel.

DNA sample taken from phone box where Intel bomb threat originated

Gardaí swooped on a phone box in Balbriggan, north Dublin, and secured it for forensic tests after two anonymous 999 calls were made from it at 6.20am yesterday.

Investigators are eager to determine whether the call was a prank, a real threat from an Islamic extremist, the work of a disgruntled former or current employee, or a malicious attempt to stir up hostility towards the Muslim community.

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