Police evacuate court building over bomb threat

Police evacuated some 120 people from the seat of the High Court in Olomouc, which was to issue a verdict in the alcohol mafia case today, over an anonymous bomb threat this morning, but no explosive was found there, police spokeswoman Irena Urbankova has told CTK. Fifteen children and three adults were also evacuated from a kindergarten next to the court building, she added. Police officers, including a bomb disposal expert with a sniffer dog trained to find explosives, inspected the building, but no explosive was found there. The police operation was terminated after 2.5 hours and the security measures were lifted. The appeals trial did not take place today and was adjourned until mid-March, court spokesman Stanislav Cik said.