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Bomb threat: several buildings of this Hungarian university got evacuated!
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Hundreds of students and lecturers had to leave a University of Pécs building on Rákóczi út due to a bomb threat.
Bomb threat
As Origo reported, a bomb alert was issued in several buildings of the University of Pécs on Thursday morning. The Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Business and Economics were completely evacuated, and students and staff had to leave the buildings.
According to BorsOnline.hu, there is a state of alarm at the University of Pécs, with at least four police cars and fire trucks on Rákóczi út. The bomb threat affects the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Law where, according to Pécs Aktuál, the Pécs Finance Days were being held.
Pécs Finance Days
The students left the area of the university and went home. According to Pécs Aktuál, at first, only one faculty had a bomb scare. Police are currently searching the building for explosives.
As Eduline reported, the University of Pécs informed MTI that the press conference of the Pécs Finance Days started at 12:30 instead of 11:45 a.m. at the new location, the PTE Senate Council Chamber (at 4 Vasvári Pál Street). Pécs Aktuál reports, however, that Vasvári Pál Street was closed, and the institution can only be accessed on foot.