Several Hungarian schools, including those in Budapest’s 21st, 17th, and 3rd districts, as well as in Hódmezővásárhely, received bomb threats. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shared a Facebook post stating that he was in contact with the Interior Minister via a hotline. He assured the public that Hungarian authorities were prepared to enhance the safety of educational institutions and investigate the motives behind the threats.
Bomb threats in several Budapest schools
According to Telex, the first mayor in Budapest to confirm the bomb threats was Lénárd Borbély, the mayor of the 21st district. He stated that elementary and secondary schools in Budapest had received bomb threats in the morning, prompting authorities to evacuate the schools.
He added that the local government had opened a summer camp for children whose parents could not take them home. He also announced that food would be provided for the children. The first institution to report a bomb threat was the Vermes Miklós Elementary School in Csepel. A Facebook post informed parents that they could pick up their children to take them home.
Illustration. Photo: MTI
Hódmezővásárhely also affected
According to Mandiner, approximately 20 schools in Budapest and across the country were affected. Promenad24 reported that authorities began searching the Németh László Secondary School in Hódmezővásárhely after it received bomb threats. Based on police information, the bomb threat emails originated from a single location, with schools receiving them in the morning. PM Orbán pledged to uncover the origins of the threats.
Telex noted that in some schools, the evacuation was so abrupt that students were forced to leave their phones and schoolbags behind.
Krisztina Baranyi, the mayor of the 9th district, reported that two schools in her area were affected. Norbert Trippon, the mayor of the 4th district, wrote that five schools were targeted, adding that the total number of affected schools in Hungary had reached 50. He urged the public to remain calm and stated that parents had been informed and could collect their children. László Somody, the deputy mayor of the 18th district, confirmed that one institution, the Vajk-sziget Elementary School, had been affected.
Photo: FB/Norbert Trippon
In the 2nd district, the Fillér Utca Elementary School received a bomb threat. In Csepel, the mayor decided to evacuate kindergartens and nurseries as a precautionary measure.
Recently, both Slovakia and Serbia faced similar crises involving mass bomb threats targeting schools.
UPDATE: The number of schools concerned increased to 124
Government spokeswoman Eszter Vitályos told the press this morning that the number of Hungarian schools which received bomb threats increased to 124.
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