Bomb threat in Linz

“I was studying for my A-levels when Cobra came in”

With balaclavas and assault rifles, combat helmets and goggles, Cobra officers guarded Herrenstrasse.(Bild: Dostal Harald)

There was great excitement in the center of Linz after a bomb threat at the Akademisches Gymnasium Spittelwiese: 377 teachers and students fled, including A-level students. Six and a half hours after the alarm was raised, the all-clear was given. The "Krone" was on site: this is how students and neighbors experienced the large-scale operation.

"It was almost surreal", is how an 18-year-old A-level student from Linz described his experience of the spectacular police operation at the Spittelwiese Academic High School on Wednesday morning.