Police are investigating a bomb threat made to a synagogue in Hamden Thursday morning.
Hamden police responded to the synagogue on Ridge Road just before 10 a.m. after the threat was received by email.
The building was evacuated, police said.
Hamden detectives began investigating and called in the New Haven Police Department Hazardous Device Team to search the building.
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No evidence of explosives was found inside the building, police said.
Congregation Mishkan Israel said the office received a bomb threat by email, they evacuated the building as a precaution and police responded and conducted a search to ensure the building was safe.
Congregation Mishkan Israel said everyone is safe and they returned to the building Thursday afternoon.
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“The Hamden police are doing outstanding work. They are continuing an investigation. We have no additional information at this time,” Congregation Mishkan Israel said in a statement.
“Finally, we want to underscore that the greater Hamden and New Haven community is wonderfully accepting and embracing of us and all who live here. We are grateful to call this our home,” the statement went on to say.
Police said Jewish facilities across the country have received similar threats from the same email address over the past several months.
The FBI Cyber Crimes Task Force was contacted and will be investigating to determine where the email originated, according to police.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Hamden Police Department at 203-230-4000.
