FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the Congregation Kol Tikvah to investigate a bomb threat on Thursday morning in Parkland.
Deputies started their investigation shortly before 8 a.m., at 6750 University Dr., where there is a private school, just north of Parkland City Hall.
Deputies reported the threat was a hoax.
There was a similar situation at Temple Bat Yam, at 5151 NE 14th Terrace, in Fort Lauderdale. Detectives investigated a bomb threat that also turned out to be bogus, according to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department.
There was also a false alarm at Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El, at 8200 Peters Road, in Plantation.
As the Israel-Hamas war raged, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned about increases in hoax bomb threats against the Jewish, Arab-American, and Muslim communities.
Detectives were asking anyone with information about the case to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
Local 10 News Assignment Editor Frine Gomez contributed to this report.
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