# Bomb threat in Greenville, SC

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**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529 "2025-01-03T17:45:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529/1 "2025-01-03T17:45:17Z")

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Yesterday Interstate 85 in South Carolina was shut down. While the local news sites were still saying that it was a hazardous chemical spill, a reporter posted on Facebook that he had information that it was a bomb threat—which turned out to be true. The guy’s name turns out to be Ahmad Jamal Khamees Alhendi and he’s an immigrant, so you can imagine the local conspiracy theories. I suspect the story might go national.

> **[Name released of suspect involved in bomb threat that shut down I-85](https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-bomb-threat-suspect-name-released/63330808)**
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> A bomb threat caused a stretch of Interstate 85 to shut down in Greenville County, South Carolina, Thursday.

[https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/man-accused-in-i-85-bomb-threat-appears-in-bond-court/](https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/man-accused-in-i-85-bomb-threat-appears-in-bond-court/)

> **[Suspect in I-85 bomb threat placed on ICE detainer, officials say](https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/01/03/suspect-involved-i-85-bomb-threat-identified-issued-bond/)**
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> The bomb threat caused I-85 in Greenville County to shut down for more than four hours.

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**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529/2 "2025-01-04T03:55:09Z")

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I’ve never driven that freeway yet the closure of a 106 mile freeway sounded like hell from three thousand miles away. It’s the kind of stoppage where some cars with full gas tanks probably ran out of gas. What a pain in the kiester!

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-in-greenville-sc/1012529/3 "2025-01-04T18:08:50Z")

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Hopefully the authorities set up roadblocks in each direction at the on and off ramps near the incident so oncoming drivers could get off the highway. Still a pain in the butt to figure out an alternate route, but no need to keep hundreds of cars stacked up waiting for hours.