SEOUL: South Korean police on Wednesday (Mar 20) said no explosives had been found at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome after they searched the venue in response to a reported bomb threat against Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani.
The Dodgers are in the South Korean capital to face the San Diego Padres in two games to open the Major League Baseball season on Wednesday and Thursday.
It is the first time that MLB has opened the regular season in South Korea.
The star attraction is Japan’s Ohtani, whom the Dodgers in December signed to a 10-year contract worth US$700 million. He has been described as a contemporary version of Babe Ruth.
Seoul’s Guro district police office told AFP that authorities did not find anything at the venue after special investigators searched the premises in the morning.
“We received a report about a potential explosive device, and searched the site, but we found nothing,” official Kim Seung-beom told AFP.
“We intend to carry out another search before the audience is allowed to enter the Sky Dome later, before the game tonight.”
San Diego Padres manager Mike Schildt said he had “complete confidence” in MLB and the security in South Korea.
“We feel safe and we haven’t really given it a second thought, quite honestly,” he said.
Source: CNA
