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Cohasset Police Investigating Hoax Hostage Call At Jewelry Store
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 12, 11:26 AM EDT
updated Oct 12, 10:24 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX), WBTS-CD and WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
Cohasset police are investigating an elaborate hoax after hackers faked a hostage situation at a jewelry store, WCVB and WFXT reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 12, 11:07 PM EDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Cohasset police investigating after hackers fake hostage situation at jewelry store · WCVB (NewsCenter 5 ABC)
- Call about hostages at Cohasset jewelry store was elaborate hoax, police say · WBTS-CD
- Cohasset police investigating hoax hostage call at jewelry store · WFXT (Boston 25 News FOX)
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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