Late Thursday evening there was excitement at Vienna’s main station: an anonymous caller threatened to plant a bomb at Austria’s busiest long-distance station. The entire building was then evacuated.
Around 10:30 p.m., police received the worrying call, which resulted in a large-scale operation at the main station in Vienna’s Favoriten district. Numerous police officers rushed to the train station and the building was immediately evacuated and searched.
“I didn’t immediately realize there was an evacuation”
“It was suddenly announced over the loudspeaker that there was danger in the station and that people had to leave as quickly as possible. I had my headphones on and at first I didn’t realize that an evacuation was taking place,” said a passenger who was completely surprised by the scenes.
After leaving the station building we had to wait: “According to my estimation, there were probably about 200 people in front of the station. At first some people were worried, but after about half an hour a few people got upset and started complaining about the delays and cancellations,” the Lower Austrian told krone.at.
“Nothing was found”
After an hour and a half, the emergency services were able to give the green light. “Nothing was found,” state police said.
The investigation into the identity of the caller is still ongoing. The background to the incident is still completely unclear.
Source: Krone
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