Overview

• On May 2, 2025, two schools in Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz were evacuated after receiving a bomb threat via email.
• Investigators quickly identified two minor students from Gymnasium Eschenbach as the perpetrators, who later confessed to the hoax.
• The students used an anonymization tool to send the email, but technical forensic methods enabled their identification.
• Authorities charged the students with disturbing public peace and warned that they may face financial liability for police deployment costs.
• Ongoing investigations have ruled out a connection to the ongoing Abitur exams, though the suspects' motives remain unclear.