Bomb squad called in as Jewish Community Center in Mercer IslandWA evacuated
MERCER ISLAND, Wash. - The Jewish Community Center in Mercer Island was evacuated Monday evening for an unspecified reason, as more than a dozen Jewish centers and day schools across the U.S. faced bomb threats.
Officials were vague about the nature of the threat.
No bombs were found at any of the locations, and officials at the Mercer Island center couldnt confirm the reason for the evacuation. Bellevue police did, however, say that their bomb squad was called in to assist Mercer police and said "one could draw conclusions" for why it was called in.
Nadine Strauss, the executive director of Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue on Mercer Island, said they had prepared for the possibility and evacuated people from the center to the synagogue.
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