Overview
- The comedy performance in the Bonn Opera, halted Thursday after staff spotted an unattended rucksack near an exit, saw about 800 attendees guided out through a side door around 9:15 p.m.
- Police sealed the main entrance area and the nearby street Am Boeselagerhof and called in explosive ordnance specialists from the state criminal police in Düsseldorf.
- The team X-rayed and opened the backpack outside the building, found clothing, food and a sleeping bag, and lifted the restrictions around midnight.
- Officers said there had been no prior warning of a threat and defended the evacuation as standard practice for unattended bags at crowded venues.
- The show did not resume, and organizers have not yet said how refunds or a new date will be handled.