Swiss man released after arrest in connection with Austrian bomb threats

A 20-year-old Swiss man was arrested under suspicion that he sent emails with bomb threats against numerous institutions in Austria. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the man was subsequently released. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox No pre-trial detention was requested, a spokesperson for the St Gallen public prosecutor's office told the Austrian news agency APA on Wednesday. The man will not be extradited to Austria by the Swiss authorities. “As a Swiss citizen, he would have to give his consent, but he has not,” said the spokesperson. The St Gallen authorities carried out a house search on the 20-year-old. The “requested procedural acts” have been completed. Now the Austrians have to react. The responsible public prosecutor’s office in Linz, however, believes that the Swiss should take over the case. If the man cannot be extradited, the proceedings will have to be taken over by them, a spokesperson told the APA. According to the ...