Police are investigating false bomb alerts at shopping centers near Moscow in the wake of a deadly bomb attack at an airport last week, a police spokesman said on Monday.
Yevgeny Gildeyev said police found a note threatening to blow up the Vegas shopping center to the south of Moscow on Sunday. People were evacuated and sniffer dogs brought to search the building.
Similar notes were discovered in two other shopping centers in the area on Saturday, he said.
"We have opened criminal investigations into what is qualified as a false bomb alert," Gildeyev said. The offence is punishable by up to three years in jail. RIA Novosti
