Duncan James and Antony Costa, members of the boyband 'Blue' have received bomb threats from a Twitter troll, warning them that bombs in their family homes would go off at 10.47pm on Friday.
When the matter reached the police, they left no stone unturned to look for the alleged bombs in the houses, but after over two hours of searching they found nothing, the Mirror reported.
Costa, who was also mocked over his Jewish heritage in the tweets, asserting that the messages made him feel sick to his stomach and he was scared.
Meanwhile, James said that he felt extremely frightened for his mum's wellbeing.
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