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Police Lock Down Area Around Augsburg Station After Hotel Bomb Threat

Cordoning off access roads, authorities have halted local transit as they assess whether the threat to a Halderstraße hotel is credible.

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Overview

  • A suspected bomb threat targeted a hotel on Halderstraße beside Augsburg’s main train station.
  • Police have sealed off access roads around the station and deployed numerous units to the scene.
  • Stadtwerke Augsburg reports that all bus and tram services to the station and westbound routes toward Stadtbergen and the university hospital were halted from about 10:30.
  • Tram lines now terminate at Königsplatz and several bus routes remain suspended during the security operation.
  • Mainline rail traffic remains unaffected while investigators work to determine the threat’s credibility.