Twitter Bomb Threat Sent To Women Journalists

Police are investigating bomb threats made on Twitter against female journalists.

Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Europe editor of Time magazine Catherine Mayer all received the tweet which Dent took a screen grab of and posted for her Twitter followers to see.

It was from anonymous user @98ju98u989, and said: "A BOMB HAS BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. IT WILL GO OFF AT EXACTLY 10.47PM ON A TIMER AND TRIGGER DESTROYING EVERYTHING".

A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "We can confirm that the MPS has received allegations relating to bomb threats sent to a number of females on Twitter."

The spokesman said enquiries are continuing and so far there have been no arrests.