FLT ATTENDANT RPT; S80; ON BOARDING; PAX MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF A BOMB IN ANOTHER PAX'S BAG. CABIN CREW CONTACTED GND SUPVR. PAX REMOVED.

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DURING BOARDING; I WAS ASSISTING A MAN WITH FINDING A LOCATION FOR HIS BAG IN THE FORWARD CLOSET. IT WAS BIG AND BARELY FIT; SO WE HAD TO STRUGGLE. ANOTHER MAN BEHIND US; FOREIGN ORIGIN; SAID TO ME; 'YOU BETTER MAKE SURE THAT'S NOT A BOMB.' I RPTED IT TO THE CAPT; WHO DID NOTHING. I THEN TOLD #4 FLT ATTENDANT AND SHE WENT OUT TO FIND A MGR IN THE TERMINAL. SHE FOUND SOMEONE WHOM I DON'T KNOW. SHE IMMEDIATELY ESCORTED THE MAN (PAX X) OFF THE AIRPLANE. WE LEFT WITHOUT HIM. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT AFTER THE PAX MADE HIS BOMB COMMENT TO HER; SHE TOLD HIM IT WAS A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO SPEAK THAT WAY; AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO INFORM THE COCKPIT ABOUT IT. SHE FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T APPEAR TO TAKE THE MATTER SERIOUSLY. AFTER TELLING THE AFT FLT ATTENDANT (#4) ABOUT THE SIT; THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT BECAME UPSET AND TOOK MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS. WITHOUT INFORMING THE PLTS; SHE WENT AND GOT A SUPVR TO COME ON BOARD. THE PLTS WERE UPSET THAT THEY WEREN'T INFORMED BY THE #4 FLT ATTENDANT OF HER DECISION TO GET A GND SUPVR UNTIL AFTER THE PAX HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ACFT.