Shaw’s supermarkets became the focal point of a series of bomb threats today, an alarming development that spurred several police investigations across Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as authorities worked to address the potential danger and reassure the public.
The situation began to unfold at the Shaw’s in Cobb Corner-95 Washington Street in Canton, where the local police department received notification of a bomb threat and took to Facebook to warn residents, “Multiple Shaw’s locations in the area have received similar bomb threats,” a looming threat that required intervention and caution as investigators and specialists worked to ensure the safety of each location, the public was urged to stay clear of these areas until all the stores were deemed safe.
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