Several malls in Budapest and in the countryside were under bomb alert – UPDATE
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Bomb squad investigators have examined the affected locations. The police told Index news portal that an investigation has been ordered into the source and identity of the bomb threat.
Several shopping centres in Budapest and the countryside are also under bomb alert: the Westend, Arena Plaza and Árkád shopping centres, as well as Kapos Plaza in Kaposvár and a shop in Debrecen have been evacuated.
It’s the same in Westend, they have sent everyone out because of a bomb alert, I’m waiting here
– an Index journalist reported from the scene after 5 pm. One of the security guards told him it would be at least four hours before they could let people back in.
There was a bomb scare in MOM-park and Corvin-plaza and Mammut also.
At Árkád (Zugló), they don’t know when the mall will reopen. It could be half an hour or even two hours
– said the police officer on the spot. People can go to the parking lot to collect their cars.
The communication department of the National Police Headquarters said,