Police Alerted to Bomb Threats at Several Budapest Schools
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Another Budapest school has been ordered to close due to a bomb threat. Authorities have also searched several other educational institutions.
Several educational institutions in Budapest, including the two training schools of BME and ELTE, received bomb threats on Tuesday. While an extraordinary break was ordered at the Radnóti Miklós Training School, the other buildings were opened after a police search. After the wave of threats on Monday, which affected dozens of Hungarian schools and several European countries, the authorities have not found any explosive devices anywhere, and an …
The authorities are taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of students and teachers, said Judit Lannert on her social media page. She also consulted with the Minister of the Interior regarding bomb threats targeting educational institutions.
Due to the bomb threats against educational institutions, the Ministry of Education is continuously coordinating with the Ministry of the Interior, Interior Minister Gábor Pósfai, and they are in close contact with the affected school districts through the Klebelsberg Center, the Minister of Education and Children's Affairs announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
The police are investigating, and there may be a connection to the bomb threats that occurred in January 2025.
BUDAPEST – Bomb threats forced a Budapest elementary school and a high school in the Zugló district to declare an emergency holiday on Tuesday morning. According to telex.hu, the Budapest University of Technology (BME) was also closed early Tuesday morning due to a bomb threat. Police searched the buildings but found no explosives.
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