Shock for the residents of Murten FR: On Saturday evening, the cantonal police in Freiburg were called with a large contingent in front of Migros in the village – because of a bomb threat, as a Blick reader writes. The area was cordoned off, and around 7.30 p.m. the officers on site began searching the building, according to the reader.
In a message on Saturday evening, the cantonal police in Friborg announced that the operation was triggered after an anonymous telephone threat. The people present were evacuated from the cordoned-off area for safety reasons. Explosive detection dogs and bomb experts from the cantonal police in Vaud were then deployed to search the premises.
The investigation and investigation launched led to the identification of the caller and confirmed that it was a bad hoax by a boy (12) who has now been reported. No people were injured. The situation returned to normal around 8:30 p.m. (chs)