California: Bakersfield police respond to bomb threat as man barricades himself inside bank
Key takeaways
- An overhead view shows the scene in Bakersfield on Tuesday.
- A man barricaded himself inside a bank in the southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people, police said on Tuesday.
- The unidentified man had a bomb strapped to his body, according to Bakersfield Now.
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An overhead view shows the scene in Bakersfield on Tuesday. Photograph: Jacob, Dad’s Gone Live/APView image in fullscreen. An overhead view shows the scene in Bakersfield on Tuesday. Photograph: Jacob, Dad’s Gone Live/APCalifornia California: Bakersfield police respond to bomb threat as man barricades himself inside bank People urged to avoid downtown as man, reportedly with bomb strapped to body, inside bank with number of people
Prefer the Guardian on Google. A man barricaded himself inside a bank in the southern California city of Bakersfield with an unknown number of people, police said on Tuesday.
The unidentified man had a bomb strapped to his body, according to Bakersfield Now.