Bomb threats in Ukrainian to schools and institutions in Hungary. Similar warnings were also reported by the authorities in Kyiv
Policemen in Hungary Photo: Oleksandr Rupeta / Alamy / Profimedia
Seven school institutions and nine public institutions in eastern Hungary received e-mails containing bomb threats in the Ukrainian language on Friday, the communications department of the Hungarian National Police (ORFK) reported, informs MTI, cited by Agerpres.
Hajdu-Bihar County Police indicated earlier on Friday that they were investigating threats to commit a terrorist act. The e-mails were probably sent from the same device, according to the local police, who searched the institutions in question, without initially finding any explosives.
Later on Friday, the Hungarian police stated that they had completed the checks of all the schools, as well as the public and financial institutions that were threatened, and found no explosives anywhere.
In the event that other threats are received, the police is prepared to take the appropriate measures immediately, the release states.
Also on Friday, the Ukrainian police reported that they had received “more than 2,000 bomb alerts” announcing that buildings belonging to state institutions, business buildings or even entertainment venues had been mined.
Previous alerts, which turned out to be false, targeted schools in Kyiv at the start of the school year in September 2023, forcing the authorities to order the verification of hundreds of institutions.
Hungary faced similar threats on January 23 when around 240 schools were targeted. No explosives were found in the buildings checked.
The text of the anonymously sent digital letters states that this is how Hungary is punished for “meddling in the affairs of the Muslim world.” According to Csepel.info, the message was probably created using Google Translator.
Hungarian secret services have contacted their Slovak counterparts as they have faced similar threats in the past.
The head of Hungary's Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás, said there was an uncanny similarity to what happened in Slovakia, where the threats turned out to be unfounded.
