Police operation at the Feldkirchner train station: false alarm or serious threat?
Police operation at the Feldkirchner train station: false alarm or serious threat?
On Tuesday evening, a police operation made headlines at the train station in Feldkirchen, Carinthia. Witnesses reported that numerous police forces were on site and the travelers were asked to leave the building. This was due to alleged threats related to the train station. One reader described the situation with the words: "The police came to the train station and said, please leave the train station because of a bomb threat."
During the operation, passengers were checked and an incoming train was searched by the emergency services. A reader also reported that the police had temporarily taken control of the situation. But what exactly was the reason for this alarm?
No confirmation of the threat
The information about whether there was actually a bomb threat remains unclear for the time being. As the State Police Directorate of Carinthia described at the request of journalists, this has not yet been officially confirmed. Troubling messages appeared when there were indications that there could be a confusion between Feldkirchen and the town of Feldkirch in Vorarlberg. According to police forces, this possible confusion led to the deployment, which initially suggested a false alarm.
When asked by the Feldkirchen police inspection, it was also cautious and pointed out that no acute threat could be found. Nevertheless, police officers had been sent to the station for safety.
real threat in Feldkirch
Interestingly, the state police in Vorarlberg confirmed on request that a police operation was actually running at the Feldkirch train station in Vorarlberg due to a bomb threat. This led to disabilities in train traffic: "Due to an official ban, no trips are currently possible in Feldkirch," said the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).The incident in Feldkirchen was not the only police operation due to threats on that day. According to reports, security forces had to intervene in several federal states. The Europark shopping center was cleared in the city of Salzburg, while a school had to be evacuated in Linz. In Graz, too, several schools had to be cleared due to similar threats. The investigation into these incidents is intensively.
In the past few days, reports of bomb threats across Austria have accepted alarming proportions. The security situation is observed carefully, while the authorities do everything possible to clarify the background of these threats.
For more information about the incident that caused a tense mood, a detailed report www.5min.at available.
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