Bomb threat at the Vienna University of Technology: Police evacuate several buildings!

Bomb threat at the Vienna University of Technology: Police evacuate several buildings!

Technische Universität Wien, 1040 Wien, Österreich - On June 12, 2025, the Technical University of Vienna received a bomb threat, which resulted in a large -scale police operation. A suspicious object was discovered, which is why the police evacuated the building and the nearby Karlsplatz. Explosive organs and explosive detection dogs have been activated to check the situation and to ensure the safety of everyone present. The police asked the public to avoid the area extensively while the investigation was underway. Further information should follow to keep the situation transparent. According to 5min.at, the security of citizens and students is considered a top priority.

This event in Vienna is part of a worrying series of bomb threats against educational institutions. In Germany, several schools have recently been evacuated due to similar threats. A total of at least 56 schools in Rhineland-Palatinate are affected, while around 180 identical mails received in Baden-Württemberg. The threatening mails claim that a bomb will explode at a fixed time. Investigators of the LKA Rhineland-Palatinate currently refrain from serious risk. Every threat is thoroughly checked, which indicates the seriousness of the authority. In Austria, over 50 educational institutions received threatening letters within three days, which underlines the urgency of the situation, as ZDF today reported.

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's site was evacuated and searched several times. Other schools in the area, including Dr. Martin Luther-King-Schule, were evacuated as a precaution, and around 300 students had to be brought to safety outside of the school buildings. The police blocked John-F.-Kennedy-Straße to ensure the security measures. Regular school operations were discontinued for this day. The Mainz criminal police have already investigated the identity of the e-mail sender to clarify the background of the threat, such as [BYC News] (https://byc-news.de/mainz/grosslegter-polegter- und-vakuier-nach-bendrohung-an-schule-in-inz/)

These events show that bomb threats against schools and universities have become a complex problem. In several federal states, threatening mails are sent that suggest a nationwide connection, with some experts seeing these developments in connection with the ongoing Abitur exams. Despite the threat, there are no concrete dangers foreseeable, but the authorities pursue every hint with great intensity.