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ISIS-related group threatens to bomb Seoul shopping mall

October 26, 2015
Seoul police scan the perimeter of COEX shopping mall after receiving an ISIS-related bomb threat. (Yonhap)

Seoul police scan the perimeter of COEX shopping mall after receiving an ISIS-related bomb threat. (Yonhap)

Seoul police reported Sunday that an Islamic State(ISIS)-related bomb threat was made on a local retail center in an affluent part of the city.

The threat was made through a social media posting while specifically mentioning one of Seoul’s busiest shopping malls COEX.

When the group mentioned the attack would happen on Sunday, police heightened security by sending reinforcements to the scene.

Since then no attacks have occurred on the premises.