Train stations in Graz, Linz, Salzburg, St. Pölten and Klagenfurt have been temporarily closed in recent days due to bomb threats. Based on the content of the letters, the police assume that the same author was at work in all cases, it was said on Thursday from Lower Austria. Interconnected investigations are ongoing. If the investigation occurs, the author could face several years in prison.
The investigation is now largely carried out by the state offices for state security and combating extremism (LSE) in conjunction with the State Security and Intelligence Directorate (DSN). The criminal law was initially based on dangerous threats and coercion. Details were only sparsely disclosed, also for tactical reasons.
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In Lower Austria it became known on Thursday that there had also been a threat against Vienna Airport in Schwechat (Bruck ad Leitha district) on Wednesday around 11 p.m. This was sent to the airport via the contact form. The message was “very vague” and offered “very little information,” said police spokesman Johann Baumschlager when asked.
A report was made and criminal investigators from the Schwechat City Police Command are working on identifying the perpetrator. “But we do not assume that the sender actually poses a threat,” Baumschlager stated. A connection with the bomb threats against the train stations is also “almost certainly” ruled out.
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The Lower Austria State Police Department warned that the bomb threats cannot be viewed as a trivial offense. If investigated, the authors could be charged with dangerous threats (punishment generally up to one year) or coercion (punishment up to three years), said Baumschlager.
The Styrian police had no new information about the bomb threat against Graz main station on Thursday. This was evacuated as a precaution on Monday evening, as was the Ostbahnhof, and both buildings and the surrounding area were searched. Nothing was found, and shortly afterwards train traffic and access were reopened. The threat came via email.
Sending the message to the police by email also continued in all other cases. No exception was Linz main station, which was evacuated and closed on Tuesday. After around two hours, the all-clear was given at around 5:30 p.m.
The main train station was affected late on Wednesday afternoon Salzburg. After the email was received shortly before 4 p.m. there was a complete blocking. Train services were stopped, which had an impact beyond the country’s borders. The police searched the entire area and the closure was lifted again after about two and a half hours.
It was also evacuated on Wednesday Klagenfurt main stationafter the Carinthia State Police Department received an email with the bomb threat around 9 p.m. No dangerous objects were discovered and the station was reopened at 10:35 p.m.
The situation was similar late on Wednesday evening St. Pölten. Due to the closure of the station, there was no train service for around an hour. Around 50 people who were in the area were taken out of the danger area. It was released again at 11:15 p.m.
