VIENNA, April 29 — Part of the former imperial palace in central Vienna housing Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen’s office was evacuated on Wednesday after a bomb threat and the president was taken to safety, but police soon gave the all-clear. A police spokesman said the threat was...
Austria’s President Alexander Van der Bellen wearing a protective face mask in Vienna, Austria April 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
A police spokesman said the threat was made by email against the Hofburg, a sprawling palace complex that includes reception rooms, the headquarters of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe , and temporarily the debating chamber of Austria’s lower house of parliament.
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