A report that said "a nuclear bomb has been installed" at an elementary school in Gwonseon District, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, led to the emergency evacuation of 331 people.

/Yonhap News

According to the Suwon Gwonseon Police Station on the 16th, at 11:22 a.m. that day a report reading "installed a nuclear bomb at A Elementary School" was filed through the 119 Safety Report Center website.

Police and others evacuated 331 people to the playground, including 282 students, 44 faculty and staff, and 5 visitors who were inside the school. No explosives were found in an internal search. Classes have now resumed.

After a trace, police identified a sixth-grader at the school as a suspect and are investigating the facts, including conducting digital forensics on the student's cellphone. The student is said to have denied ever filing the report.

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