Phoney terror threats abound in the US after 9/11

Every country, facing the menace of terrorism too face the problem of phoney or hoax terror threats. The security forces have to face this unavoidable problem. They cannot take risk. Sometimes, someone, late to catch a flight take recourse to inform the police about ‘a bomb aboard’ in a bid to delay the flight. For some youngsters, such tricks are merely pranks, giving a sadistic pleasure to them.