Crime & Safety

Report: Backpack Determined to Not Be a Threat

New Hampshire State Police bomb squad was called to Portsmouth earlier today for a bomb threat.

The Thomas McIntyre Federal Building in Portsmouth was evacuated due to a bomb scare, a knapsack found in the trash in the post office, according to reports on Twitter, on Sept. 14, 2015.

The building was evacuated and the New Hampshire State Police bomb squad sent in.

Later, according to NH1 News, the backpack was X-rayed and determined not to be a threat.

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