A woman was arrested in the northern city of Haifa on Thursday after she threatened to blow up the bank in which she was working with a dummy explosive device.
The 31-year-old employee showed up around 1pm with one of her relatives after not coming to work in the morning and went to the manager's office.
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Police forces outside the bank in Haifa after employee makes bomb threat
(Photo: Lior El-Hai)
In an apparent heist attempt, the woman began yelling at the manager, demanding money, and told him that she will set off the bomb if her requests were not fulfilled.
The manager was able to snatch the device out of her hands and called the police.
Large police forces quickly arrived at the scene, including over 20 patrol cars, and several streets were blocked off in the northern city's Hadar neighborhood as officials feared the bomb she was carrying may have been real, causing high traffic congestion all around the area.
The woman was arrested and taken in for questioning. After more than an hour, police sappers who worked to neutralize the explosive device determined it was fake.
There were no injuries reported in the incident.
An eyewitness told Ynet that he saw the woman and the manager arguing when she threatened to "come back with a bomb."
According to the witness, the security guard let her into the bank despite her previous threats and the manager confronted him for allowing her to enter the establishment.