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Singing card causes Israeli bank bomb scare

January 19, 2011 18:01
Bank Hapoalim staff are now back at work

By

Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A bomb-scare at the Manhattan headquarters of an Israeli bank turned out to be nothing more than a joke birthday card.

The Bank Hapoalim building was evacuated earlier today because of fears that it had been targeted by extremists.

However police, investigating what had set the alarm off, found that the “suspicious package” was actually a musical greeting card.

Security staff raised the alert due to the lack of return address given and a spelling mistake on the address.