World’s tallest building evacuated

Thousands of workers and shoppers were evacuated today from the world’s tallest buildings, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, following a bomb threat that came as many Malaysians were just learning of the terror tragedy gripping the United States.

Police bomb squads found no explosives in the 88 storey towers and people were allowed back to all floors a little over three hours after the threat.

No one was hurt, but six people fainted during the evacuation and were taken to a nearby clinic.

The Petronas Twin Towers surpassed Chicago’s Sears Tower as the world’s tallest building.

The World Trade Centre towers in New York were the third tallest.

The Petronas towers featured in the film Entrapment with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, about a bank robbery.