Terrifying 4am emergency alert message rocks Boomers, North Korea missile threat to Japan

The Boomers have been given a scare on the eve of the FIBA World Cup — and it’s had nothing to do with player injuries.

The Boomers are set to play Finland in their first match of the World Cup in Japan but received a 4am wake up call no one wants to receive.

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The Daily Telegraph reported that in the wee hours of the morning, residents in Okinawa were messaged by Japan’s national alert system, which automatically triggers an alarm.

The message read: “Emergency Alert: Missile launch. Missile launch. A missile is believed to have been launched from North Korea”.

But 13 minutes later, there was another alert which read: “Missile passed. Missile passed. It is believed that the previous missile passed into the…