In the afternoon I went shopping in Sliema and then Bugibba with Elaine and her friends. I bought 2 long-sleeve shirts and 3 tops. So now I have clothes for both Christmas and New Years Eve. After the shopping we had kebab at a new place in Bugibba and then she drove me back to Swieqi.

When we came to Paceville we saw a lot of people out in the street outside Eden Cinemas and the police had closed the road down to Bay street. We thought it was the Maltese movie “Maltageddon” that had premiere, but I read on Times of Malta that the cinemas had been evacuated because of something that might have been a bomb.

Eden cinemas briefly evacuated in bomb scare

Hundreds of people were evacuated from the Eden Cinemas in Paceville this evening because of what informed sources said was a bomb scare.

Policemen and soldiers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit were seen going in as people were pushed back from the street that runs between the cinemas.

The situation was described by people on the scene as being calm.

Patrons started being allowed back in after some 20 minutes.

Read article on Times of Malta

Evacuated people outside Eden Cinemas on Bay street