Bomb threat at TU Vienna: Police evacuate several buildings!

Bomb threat at TU Vienna: Police evacuate several buildings!

On June 12, 2025, the Vienna University of Technology received a bomb threat, which resulted in a large-scale police operation. A suspicious object was discovered, which is why the police evacuated and cordoned off the building and the nearby Karlsplatz. Explosives experts and explosives detection dogs were activated to check the situation and ensure the safety of everyone present. Police asked the public to avoid the area while the investigation was ongoing. More information should follow to keep the situation transparent. According to [5min.at](https://www.5min.at/5202506121212/bomben Threat-an-tu-wien-polizei-evakuiert-gebaeude/), the safety of citizens and students is considered the top priority.

This event in Vienna joins a worrying series of bomb threats against educational institutions. In Germany, several schools have recently been evacuated due to similar threatening emails. In total, at least 56 schools in Rhineland-Palatinate are affected, while around 180 identical emails were received in Baden-Württemberg. The threatening emails claim that a bomb will explode at a specified time. However, investigators from the LKA Rhineland-Palatinate currently believe there is no serious risk. Every threat is thoroughly investigated, which indicates the seriousness of the authority. In Austria, over 50 educational institutions received threatening letters within three days, underlining the urgency of the situation, as [ZDF today](https://www.zdfheute.de/panorama/ criminalitaet/bomben-treiben-schulen-deutschland-100.html) reports.

Evacuations and security measures

As in the case of the bomb threat at the Astrid Lindgren School in Mainz, which triggered a similar reaction on October 6, 2023, a comprehensive police operation was also initiated here. The Mainz police received an email with a bomb threat, whereupon the school premises were evacuated and searched several times. Other schools in the area, including Dr. Martin Luther King School, were evacuated as a precaution and around 300 students had to be brought to safety outside the school buildings. Police closed John F. Kennedy Street to ensure security measures. Regular school operations were suspended for this day. The Mainz criminal police have already started an investigation into the identity of the email sender in order to clarify the background to the threat, as BYC News reports.

These events show that bomb threats against schools and universities have become a complex problem. Threatening emails are being sent in several federal states that suggest a nationwide connection, although some experts see these developments in connection with the ongoing Abitur exams. Despite the threat, no specific dangers are foreseeable, but the authorities are pursuing every tip with the greatest intensity.