Ex-Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center employee arrested for bomb threat at NYC hospital

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A disgruntled ex-employee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was arrested Saturday after walking into the Manhattan hospital and claiming he was carrying a bomb, police sources said.

The man – described as an emotionally disturbed person – acted erratically after arriving at the York Avenue hospital on the Upper East Side around 12:05, saying, “I have a bomb in my bag,” the sources said.

The sign for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.A former hospital worker at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was arrested Saturday after making a bomb threat, according to police sources. Christopher Sadowski
NYPD bomb squad officers investigate a suspicious device in a car.The ex-employee was acting erratically as he arrived at the hospital at approximately 12:05, stating, “I have a bomb in my bag,” though after the NYPD bomb squad responded to the scene, they determined it was a hoax. AFP via Getty Images

The NYPD’s bomb squad responded but determined it was a hoax.

The man was carrying a cement statue, sources said.

The bomb scare prompted a massive police response.

No other information on the ex-hospital worker was immediately available Saturday.

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