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Yamada auto parts plant evacuated after bomb threat

CLARK COUNTY — UPDATE @ 7:58 a.m.

A message reading “Guns, bombs and YNA” inscribed on the wall of a bathroom stall at Yamada North America Inc. prompted an evacuation of the plant, according to officer Mike Shah with the South Charleston police department.

Shah said no arrests were made Saturday morning in connection to the message, and added this is the third bomb threat the plant has received since June of this year.

A bomb threat in June earlier lead to one arrest and another around the fourth of July prompted an evacuation of the plant.

No one was arrested in connection to the July threat and Shah said police do not believe all of the threats are connected.

UPDATE @ 7:19 a.m.

Workers are now reentering Yamada North America Inc. after the auto parts plant was evacuated early Saturday morning following a bomb threat.

According to dispatchers, a request for a bomb squad was cancelled after a search of the building yielded no serious threat.

The same business was evacuated and shut down last November after a suspicious package was found in a bathroom.

Saturday morning’s bomb threat marks the fourth such incident at the plant since June, according to dispatchers.

INITIAL REPORT (NOV. 26)

A bomb squad and two K-9 units have been requested to assist in a bomb threat at Yamada North America Inc. in Clark County Saturday morning.

Dispatchers said police were called to the auto parts plant in the 9000 block of Cincinnati-Columbus Road around 5:30 a.m. on reports of a bomb threat.

According to dispatchers, someone alerted police of the threat after “seeing something written on a wall.”

The building has been evacuated and dispatchers said an initial search of the building found nothing suspicious.

Dispatchers said this is the fourth bomb threat at the Madison Twp. business since June.

We are working to learn more on this developing story and will post new information to this page.

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