Swiss Police confirmed a bomb threat has been received by telephone at the FIFA congress in Zurich while the room search is underway but no evacuation was made so far.
Zurich police spokeswoman Brigitte Vogt confirmed to AFP that a bomb threat had been received at the venue, however, she denied to provide further details.
Moreover, Local journalists reported that they were forced to leave their places at the venue and it is still unknown whether the congress would resume or not.
It should be mentioned that FIFA presidential election is set to take place here on Friday in Zurich amid strong calls for current president Sepp Blatter to leave his position following high-level corruption probe with several officials.
Morever, pro-Palestinian demonstrators were also lodging protests with demands to suspend Israel from FIFA.
