Frightening: Bomb threats and evacuations in several schools in Hungary

Schools in several cities across Hungary, including a primary school in Budapest, had to be evacuated due to bomb threats on Monday morning, the Hungarian police confirmed.

According to Magyar Hang, a total of seven Hungarian schools had to be evacuated on this Monday, 13 May after receiving bomb threats. Two schools were affected both in Szeged and in Szombathely, and one school each in Kulcs, Nyíregyháza, and Budapest. The evacuation reportedly took place in all of these institutions just after 8 AM.

As the local site to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, szon.hu writes the school in Nyíregyháza was threatened via telephone, with the caller claiming that an explosive device placed in the school would be detonated at 11:30. The other institutions affected received bomb threats during the night and in the early morning via e-mail.

The report from Magyar Hang on the shocking events was confirmed by the Hungarian police force.

A school in Budapest also received bomb threats on Monday

No official statement was released about the bomb scare at a primary school in Budapest, but two parents told Magyar Hang that the school was evacuated after 8 AM, with children being led to a nearby playground.

The schools were thoroughly searched, but no explosives were found. In some cases, classes resumed after the bomb search was completed – for example, children returned to school just before noon at the primary school in the capital – while for others, the school day was cancelled altogether on Monday.

Magyar Hang contacted the school director and the police to find out details about the primary school in Budapest, as it was not mentioned in earlier press releases, to ask how many schools altogether were affected by the bomb threats, and whether there was any connection between them. So far, they have not received any answers to their questions.