Event 39

approved csv-import Updated 2025-11-25T13:05:30.448044Z
Status: approved Confidence: Low Category: Sabotage Country: Lithuania Attack Type: Bomb Threat Source: csv-import URL: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2128899/hoax-bomb-threat-targets-kaunas-hydro-power-plant 🔗
🕐 Event Time: 2023-11-20T12:00:00Z
Created: 2025-11-22T22:47:26.226848+00:00
✏️ Updated: 2025-11-25T13:05:30.448044Z

Summary

Headline: Hoax bomb threat targets Kaunas Hydro Power Plant

Short Summary: A hoax bomb threat targeted the Kaunas Hydro Power Plant on 20 November 2023. Authorities found no explosives; the threat is part of a series of recent false alarms affecting Lithuanian infrastructure.

Description and Notes

On November 20, 2023, an anonymous bomb threat was made against the Kaunas Hydro Power Plant, a critical infrastructure site in Lithuania. Authorities checked the facility and found no suspicious items; the threat was later deemed a hoax. Police are conducting a pre-trial investigation to identify the perpetrator. Other hoax bomb threats were also reported at Vilnius and Kaunas airports on the same day.

Notes: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2128899/hoax-bomb-threat-targets-kaunas-hydro-power-plant

Evidence

Media
  • "An anonymous call that explosives had been planted at Kaunas Hydro Power Plant, one of Lithuania’s strategically important facilities, proved to be a hoax."
  • "The caller told the police at just after 11:00 on Monday that the plant would explode at 13:00."
  • "Officers and colleagues from the Public Security Service checked the accesses and internal premises, and found no suspicious items."
  • "On Monday morning, Vilnius and Kaunas airports also received hoax phone calls about bombs planted in the premises."
  • "According to Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC), the new hoax bomb threats do not appear to be linked to last month’s wave."
  • ""There are currently no clear indications that this is a continued attack," it added."
  • "The police are conducting a pre-trial investigation and trying to identify the callers making the threats."
  • "Officers and colleagues from the Public Security Service checked the accesses and internal premises, and found no suspicious items"
  • "There are currently no clear indications that this is a continued attack."
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Location

Location: Kaunas Hydro Power Plant

Follow-up / Investigation

Country Status Link Notes
Lithuania Investigation Police are conducting a pre-trial investigation to identify the callers making the threats.

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