Children's Hospital Target Of 3rd Bomb Threat Over Trans Care
As a result of a bomb threat connected to its gender-affirming care practice, Boston Children’s Hospital had to be evacuated for a third time this week.Police investigated the threat and found no bomb devices, according to the Boston Herald.“This morning, the hospital was again the target of a bomb threat,” a hospital statement released on Wednesday read.“Boston Police investigated and have given the all-clear that there is no active threat to the hospital,” the statement continued.“We will continue to work closely with law enforcement and hospital security teams, and we are grateful for their immediate response,” the medical center added. “We are committed to ensuring the hospital is a safe and secure place for all who work here and come here.
We will provide additional information as we are able.”The Herald reports that an unknown person sent an email riddled with spelling errors indicating the motivation for the disturbance on Wednesday morning.The email, titled “Bombs in Boston Childrne’s hospital,” came from Ukrloh@proton.me, the paper reports.In it, the sender complained of the hospital conducting “sex change operations,” referring to people involved as “sick disgusting degenerates.”“You are some of the worst people, and you will all f***ing die,” the email stated, according to the paper. “We placed bombs in the Gender Multispecialty Service (GeMS) at the Boston childrne’s hosptial.
We placed bombs in the houses of 3 of the doctors as well. F**k you.”The facility became the target of right-wing extremists when Chaya Raichik’s Libs of TikTok Twitter account and other far-right accounts posted false attacks on the institution online.
