Bomb threats disrupt dozens of schools across Hungary, authorities investigate

Law enforcement is investigating the threats, believed to have come from the same source, and have taken precautionary measures.

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00:00More than 260 schools in Hungary received bomb threats on Thursday morning, said the

00:06national police.

00:07A message sent out to the official email address of the institution said a device had been

00:12planted in the buildings to avenge insults to Muslims.

00:17The letters were identical and were read out at a government press conference later on.

00:21The affected schools have been evacuated, it is not yet known when classes will resume.

00:51In parts of Budapest, students waited for their parents in municipal buildings.

01:15The principal of one high school said the pupils had mixed feelings about the bomb scare.

01:35There were similar mass bomb threats in Bulgarian schools on Wednesday, and in Slovak and Czech

01:41schools last autumn.

01:43The head of the Czech Secret Service said in November that Russia was to blame.