Germany's City Halls Evacuated Over Bomb Threats

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, March 27 (SEE) - Several city halls in Germany were evacuated on Tuesday over emails threatening bomb attacks, police said.

Augsburg, Kaiserslautern, Chemnitz, Göttingen, Neunkirchen and Rendsburg were affected, reported Focus Online. The sender of the threats remains unidentified.

According to police reports, a bomb threat had been received by mail that night. From about 8am to shortly after midday a large-scale operation was in progress.

There was also disruption to public transport due to the incident.

After the search was completed police said no suspicious objects were found. However, Augsburg's Mayor Kurt Gribl said it was right to evacuate and close off the area.

"The contents of the mail had to be taken seriously," said Gribl in a statement.

Police also tweeted about the incident and said public transport in the area would also be perted.

The latest scare came after more than 100 threatening emails were apparently sent by far-right sympathizers to lawyers, politicians, journalists and even a pop star.

Some of the emails contained bomb and other death threats, or boasted of being in possession of guns and biological weapons, media reported.

Berlin prosecutors, who are coordinating the national investigation, said it had received reports of more than 100 threats. In no cases were bombs found.

In January, courts in three German cities received bomb threats but no explosions occurred.