Walmart stores across the US targeted with 'multiple calls reporting bombs'
Bomb threats have been called in to multiple Walmarts across the US.
Authorities at this stage believe the calls to be hoaxes but are taking the threats seriously.
According to an update from the New Hampshire Department of Safety: "The Department of Safety is aware of multiple calls reporting bombs at Walmart stores throughout the state.
"Multiple state agencies are assisting local law enforcement agencies that are responding to those calls and with the investigation into those calls.
"The New Hampshire Information and Analysis Center is assisting by sharing information between local, state and federal agencies."
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The statement continued: "Other Walmart stores across the country have reported receiving hoax threats."
According to the New Hampshire Department of Safety stores across the country have been targeted (Getty Images)One such call was out in at the Hinsdale store in North Hampshire.
Hinsdale Police Detective Lt. Melissa Evans said that the store was called at 6:15 a.m. about bombs planted around the building.
Evans said: “She was told that there was multiple pipe bombs put around the store, and they were asking for money on gift cards.
“We contacted (New Hampshire) Bomb Squad, who came and cleared the building with their canine.”
Kristen M. Setera, spokeswoman for the FBI's Boston office, told Seacoast Current:"As always, we encourage the public to remain vigilant, and report any and all suspicious activity and/or individuals to law enforcement immediately."
This is just part of a spate of similar bomb threats made to Walmarts across the US.
The Selinsgrove Walmart, in Pennsylvania, was evacuated on Sunday afternoon after a bomb threat was called in.
No injuries were reported and police searched the store for explosive devices.
The caller claimed five pipe bombs were in the store.
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Walmart Inc. operates over 10,500 discount department stores worldwide.
It was founded in 1962 and is headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.
It is the world's largest company by revenue.
A Walmart in El Paso, Texas, was the scene of a tragic massacre.
Patrick Crusius has been with killing nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart and plans to plead guilty, according to court records filed days after the federal government said it wouldn't seek the death penalty.
He is charged in state court with capital murder and could still face the death penalty in Texas if convicted in the 2019 mass shooting that killed 23 people.
Prosecutors have said he published a deluded extremist manifesto online shortly before the shooting, that said it was "in response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas."
Shoppers fled for their lives after the gunman opened fire in the car park of the busy supermarket before storming the store and shooting "aisle to aisle", according to reports.
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