A suspicious suitcase that turned out to be harmless was found and detonated recently by Hungarian police at the site here where the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra was performing.
Although it turned out to be a false alarm, the security alert delayed the orchestra’s arrival from Frankfurt for two hours, Hungarian Televiion reported.
Hungarian police have been on alert at Jewish and Israeli sites since bombs hit Jewish targets in Argentina, Panama and Britain last month.
The Israeli orchestra’s Budapest performance was one stop on a European tour that also included Hamburg, Germany, and Zagreb, Croatia.
Tickets for the Budapest concert were not completely sold out, apparently because of the unusually high price of tickets, which cost the equivalent of between $50 and $60.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
