Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers warms up at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on March 18, 2024, ahead of a special game with Team Korea and the LA Dodgers. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are tracking down the sender of an email threatening a bomb terror attack at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome, where a U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) opening game is scheduled to take place Wednesday.
Police said they received a report from an employee at South Korea’s Consulate General in Vancouver of Canada at around 6 a.m. about the email threatening to detonate a bomb during the match between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers to hurt superstar Shohei Ohtani and others.
The email was written in English and the writer claimed to be a Japanese lawyer, and officials are trying to check whether it was sent from Japan.
Police suspect the email could be from the same individual behind a series of email and fax bomb threats from Japan last year. The sender at the time also claimed to be a Japanese lawyer, and showed similarities in format and content to the bomb threat Wednesday, officials said.
Police are tracking down the sender and plan to deploy 30 commandos and 120 personnel to search the stadium. But no dangerous or suspicious situation has been found yet.
Wednesday’s game will open the 2024 MLB season. It is the very first MLB game in South Korea.
(Yonhap)
