monk calls in bomb threat as a practical joke

[Amby 490]

A monk staged a hoax bomb warning at a hospital as a practical joke on a priest being treated there.

Twenty year-old Adrian Radolescu called the clinic in Timisoara, western Romania, saying a bomb had been planted in the building.

And when frantic staff asked him where it was he cackled: "Go and look for it."

Police evacuated the whole building while bomb squad experts scoured the wards with sniffer dogs but found nothing.

But when detectives traced the call, they found it had been made from the priest's office at the nearby Roamnesti monastery.

Junior priest Radolescu confessed saying he'd wanted to pull a practical joke on a priest who had been at the hospital for tests that day.

Now he's been fined the equivalent of £500 and risks 10 years in jail if he repeats the prank.

"He's truly sorry and has apologised for frightening so many innocent people. It was meant to be a joke but he didn't think through the consequences," said a police spokesman.

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[Ban Hammer 13,352]

[almaty 19]

those humorous monks

[himher 634]

I guess he won't be eligible for his TWIC card either