Police Alerted To Bomb Threat Affecting Internationaltrain Services

  • 20 Jul 2017 8:40 AM
Police Alerted To Bomb Threat Affecting Internationaltrain Services
Hungarian police have started searching international trains after receiving a bomb threat by phone. According to a statement on the police website, a male caller said he had placed bombs on international trains in Hungary. Instructed by the police, national railway company MÁV stopped 18 trains in the country and asked passengers to leave carriages while police conducted bomb searches.

Mávinform said later that international trains were temporarily stopped at various points in the country, and, after carriages were searched, they proceeded towards their destinations.

Police said they would examine all trains entering the country until midnight, so delays to international and some domestic services could be expected.

Republished with permission of Hungary Matters, MTI’s daily newsletter.

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