Missouri man arrested over bomb threats to Jewish centers

Police in the US state of Missouri have arrested a man accused of making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish centers across the country.

Federal authorities charged the 31-year-old suspect, Juan Thompson, with making the threats against Jewish institutions, including some Jewish community centers, schools and a Jewish history museum — some in his name and some in the name of a former friend.

The state officials said they do not believe Thompson is responsible for the entire wave of threats that have been recently made against Jewish centers around the country.

Thompson’s alleged threats involved calls, emails and faxes to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) New York City headquarters, the Jewish History Museum, a Jewish school in Farmington Hills in Michigan, and a Jewish community center in San Diego, California.

Jewish community centers and schools in the United States have received five waves of hoax bomb threats since the beginning of…

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