A concert in Seoul was unexpectedly interrupted due to a bomb threat.
On February 21, KST, American singer-rapper 2hollis performed in Seoul. But the hundreds of audience members had to be urgently evacuated due to reports of a bomb threat, according to the police.
Authorities told media that at 6:24 pm on Friday, the police received a tip about an explosive device being planted at the concert venue at Itaewon, central Seoul. At that time, 2hollis’s concert was underway.
A police SWAT team and firefighters arrived at the scene swiftly and, after evacuating the audience members, conducted a thorough search of the venue for over an hour. Fortunately, they didn’t find any explosive material inside.
The concert resumed after the authorities were done searching the venue. The event concluded without any further incident. The circumstances surrounding the threat is being probed into.