Boston 25 News breaks off newscast citing threat
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston-area television station returned to the air after breaking off its newscast for more than an hour because of a reported threat.
Boston 25 News (WFXT-TV) posted a message to its Twitter account at 5:20 p.m. Friday saying it ‘‘has been forced to stop our regular newscast due to a threat to our building.’’
About an hour and a half later the station posted: ‘‘We are back in the building. Thanks to all for your patience.’’
We are back in the building. Thanks to all for your patience… and many thanks to @DedhamPD. We’ll be back on with live news in a minute.
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) November 10, 2017
Boston 25 News is resuming after a security situation led to an evacuation. We will be on air until 7:30 p.m. with news and weather. https://t.co/isCqlKi769
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) November 10, 2017
The station is located in Dedham, Massachusetts.
One of the station’s reporters, Malini Basu, described the situation as a ‘‘bomb threat’’ on her Twitter account.
Bomb threat update at our station: https://t.co/EGZk3BtHeI
— Malini Basu (@MaliniBasu_) November 10, 2017
Another reporter, Bob Ward, tweeted out: ‘‘We had a threat to our building and told to evacuate. Everyone OK.’’
We had a threat to our building and told to evacuate. Everyone OK. Hope to be back on air soon @boston25 pic.twitter.com/mp6AvqVTYR
— Bob Ward Boston 25 (@Bward3) November 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bward3/status/929131056548253696
