Homberg is a small town in the northern part of Hesse, a state in central Germany, with about 15,000 inhabitants. It is the seat of the Schwalm-Eder district. In 2008, the town hosted the 48th Hessentag state festival. From Wikipedia
Students at Theodor-Heuss-Schule in Homberg were safely evacuated following a police search, with no concrete threat identified and the suspect still at large.
