© 2020 – 2024 AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
AEA3 WEB | AEAƎ United Kingdom News
Image default
News

Man convicted after threats to bomb UK hospital during pandemic

‘Emil A’, an Italian national living in Berlin, sent emails to NHS and NCA, and demanded £10m in bitcoin

  • Coronavirus – latest updates
  • See all our coronavirus coverage

A threat to bomb a UK hospital at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic’s first wave unless a £10m bitcoin ransom was paid was kept secret for fear people would be too afraid to seek treatment, it has been revealed.

The race against time by international police to track down the suspect was shared only with a tight circle of government and senior NHS staff as hundreds were dying each day in the UK’s April lockdown.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Carolean age dawns as Britain begins long goodbye to the Queen

AEA3

Brazil judge fines Bolsonaro allies millions after ‘bad faith’ election challenge

AEA3

Car battery firm scraps plan to build UK’s first gigafactory in Wales

AEA3