On Sunday, the emergency number 112 was called by a person who reported that an explosive device had been planted in the Iulius Town shopping center in Timisoara. Intervention forces were sent to the scene, but it appears that the author of the call is a 15-year-old boy who has also in the past claimed to place bombs in various places in the city, according to News.ro.

According to IPJ Timiş, police and pyrotechnicians went to the city of Julius on Sunday, where the location of the bomb was announced after a call to the emergency number 112. They were joined by employees of the Research Institute.

“The police from Timisoara were alerted by 112 that a bomb had been planted in a commercial complex on Piaţa Consiliul Europei in Timisoara. Section 4 police officers, SAS Timiş pyrotechnic group and firefighters arrived at the scene,” IPJ Timiş reported.

It appears that the caller was a 15-year-old boy who had previously claimed to have planted bombs in various locations around the city.

He is known to suffer from mental illness and has also been fined for making calls about the location of bombs.

“The number from which the call was made appears in the history of several reports of threats with explosives, which the police are conducting checks to determine the veracity of the reports and to identify and trace the person who made the call. “, IPJ Timiş said.

This is already the seventh call from the same phone number, which reports that bombs have been planted in Timisoara.

People who were in the shopping complex were not evacuated.