Hungary Olympic Committee gets Sochi terrorist threat, has heard of others

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Hungarian Olympic Committee (said on Wednesday it had received a letter containing a terrorist threat ahead of the upcoming winter Olympic Games in Sochi and that it had heard of others to other countries.

Committee chairman Zsolt Borkai told the national news agency said the Hungarians were taking the threat seriously, had notified the International Olympic Committee and the Russian organisers. He added he had knowledge of other countries' Olympic committees receiving similar threats.