Bochum: “Dangerous situation” at school – police on a large scale operation

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“Dangerous situation” at Bochum school: Police give the all-clear after a major operation

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Because of a ““Dangerous situation” at the Bochum-Mitte comprehensive school, the police in the Ruhr area city are on a large scale operation. There are “strong forces” currently on site, the police headquarters announced on Monday morning via X, formerly Twitter. “We are clarifying the situation,” they said It continues. At midday the police gave the cautious all-clear: “According to the current state of the investigation, there is no acute danger.” Officers looked after the students. Special forces are also on site at the school.

The Dortmund police headquarters took over the management of the operation. This is responsible for larger operations in the Bochum city area (so-called paragraph 4 locations). A spokeswoman for the Dortmund police wanted to know the exact background to the operation star-Do not express your request at first. According to unconfirmed information from the “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”, there was “a suspicious bang” on the school grounds.

Avoid the area around the Bochum school

The population was asked to avoid the area around the school in the north of the city. The Feldsieper Straße location of the comprehensive school is affected. Years 8 to 13 are accommodated there. Grades 5 to 7 are taught at another location. In North Rhine-Westphalia, this Monday is the first day of school after the autumn break.

Sources: Bochum Police Headquarters, Dortmund Police Headquarters, Bochum-Mitte comprehensive school, “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”

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