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After bomb threat: St. Pölten train station closed

The police operation lasted several hours.(Bild: DOKU-NÖ)

Following the discovery of six suspicious packages in Amstetten (Lower Austria), a bomb threat was made in St. Pölten on Wednesday evening. As a result, the train station in St. Pölten was temporarily closed and extensively searched by officers.

The bomb threat in the case of St. Pölten is believed to have been received by email at around 10pm. As a result of the closure, there was no train service for around an hour.

No suspicious objects
Chief Inspector Johann Baumschlager confirmed on Thursday morning that the entire area had been searched by the police. No suspicious objects were discovered. In the past few days, threats had already been made in relation to train stations in Graz, Linz and Salzburg.

The State Office for State Security and Counter-Extremism (LSE) took over the investigation. They are being conducted in conjunction with other relevant provincial offices and the Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN).

Six packages in Amstetten
It was only on Wednesday that a total of six suspicious packages were discovered in Amstetten. Shortly afterwards, the main square was secured on a large scale. Explosives experts and explosives detection dog handlers were deployed, but no dangerous substances were discovered. The all-clear was given at around 7.45 pm.