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VIENNA (dpa)
Vienna police deployed in force on Thursday in response to a bomb threat in the foyer of the building of the Austrian capital's Technical University, just days after the country was shaken by a deadly school shooting.
An unidentified man opened the door of the building's foyer, threw a parcel inside and said, "Soon it will go bang," a police spokeswoman said.
A university security guard informed the police in response. The spokeswoman was evacuating the building, and the area was cordoned off, she said.
Bomb disposal experts were due to check the parcel once all the students had been taken to safety, she said. It was thought that there were hundreds in the building, as students are currently taking exams.
The police operation impacted public transport and traffic in central Vienna.
Austrian police have received a series of threats following a mass school shooting in the country's second city, Graz, on Tuesday.
