The 17 -year -old accused of sending hundreds of threatening messages to schools and hospitals, detained by DIICOT. Prosecutors say he acted together with a 14 -year -old minor
DIICOT. Photo: Inquam Photos / George Călin
The 17 -year -old accused of sending messages to hundreds of schools and hospitals in Romania in which he threatens to commit “a real massacre” was detained on Thursday evening by DIICOT.
According to investigators, on September 21 and 23, he and a 14 -year -old minor transmitted about 1,000 emails to educational institutions, medical units, police, television and other institutions from all over the country, “in which they were threatening with armed attacks, in order to create panic and intimidate the population”.
DIICOT has announced that the judge of rights and freedoms from the Bucharest Court of Appeal is to be notified with the proposal of preventive arrest for 30 days.
He was accused in the past by the FBI of similar facts, but in May 2025 the High Court of Cassation and Justice definitively rejected their request for extradition of the young man.
Threats to hundreds of schools and hospitals
The Romanian police announced on Wednesday that in the last days the young man has sent messages to threat to schools and hospitals in Bucharest and from 24 counties. The first messages were sent on Monday. The young man is a student at the Bulgarian Theoretical High School “Hristo Botev” in Bucharest.
“I will enter school and go to the preparatory class,” “Psychically prepare for what is coming in the coming days”, “the armed attack I have prepared for this week will take place,” he wrote in the threat messages that the boy is suspected of sending in the last three days.
He was picked up on Wednesday while heading for school and led to hearings. After 8 hours, he was released, but was admitted to the Obregia Psychiatry Hospital, in the minor section, according to Digi24.
“It seems to be a young man who, unfortunately, did not understand anything from the situations he has caused and passed. Obviously, the justice is to confirm if these absolutely reprobate facts belong to him and are committed by him with guilt. He is a person who has a past marked by this kind,” said Radu.
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