Austria: Explosive device found at Jehovah’s Witness hall

A package containing explosives was discovered at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting in Kalsdorf in Austria, near the southern city of Graz, police said in a statement on Saturday.

With around 50 people at the hall, officials said the device could have “potentially caused great damage.”

A suspicious package was discovered at the entrance of the building which led to an emergency call being made at 8:30 p.m. (1930 UTC/GMT) on Friday.

When police arrived, a security cordon was established to recover the package in an operation which police said lasted the night.

Specialized teams used X-ray machines and a robot to help determine the type of threat presented.

Read more: Deutsche Welle