- Title: Services at Madrid, Barcelona train stations disrupted by security alerts
- Date: 7th November 2018
- Summary: BARCELONA, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS) FIREFIGHTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE BARCELONA'S SANTS TRAIN STATION CATALAN POLICE STANDING OUTSIDE SANTS TRAIN STATION AMBULANCES PARKED OUTSIDE SANTS TRAIN STATION FIREFIGHTERS WALKING THROUGH CROWD INSIDE STATION TRAVELLERS INSIDE TRAIN STATION FIREFIGHTERS INSIDE TRAIN STATION VARIOUS OF PASSENGERS MOVING IN QUEUE INSIDE STATION CROWD OF PASSENGERS STANDING INSIDE STATION CATALAN POLICE VANS OUTSIDE STATION AMBULANCES OUTSIDE STATION MADRID, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 7, 2018) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF MADRID'S ATOCHA TRAIN STATION / SIGN READING (Spanish) "BARCELONA SANTS" / AMBULANCE PARKED OUTSIDE ATOCHA TRAIN STATION EXTERIOR / EXIT SIGN AMBULANCE RUSHING INTO ATOCHA TRAIN STATION CAR PARK POLICE OFFICERS AND POLICE VAN OUTSIDE ENTRANCE OF ATOCHA STATION / PEOPLE WALKING TOWARDS ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF POLICE OFFICER WITH GUN STANDING NEXT TO POLICE VAN, ACROSS STREET FROM ATOCHA STATION GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS STANDING OUTSIDE STATION ENTRANCE PEOPLE WALKING AND ARRIVING AT ATOCHA STATION
- Embargoed: 21st November 2018 11:31
- Keywords: train station evacuation Barcelona Sants security police device Madrid Atocha Catalania
- Location: BARCELONA AND MADRID, SPAIN
- City: BARCELONA AND MADRID, SPAIN
- Country: Spain
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,International/National Security
- Reuters ID: LVA00195IBZUV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Two train lines were temporarily shut down at Barcelona's main station on Wednesday (November 7) after a security scanner detected a possible explosive device inside a suitcase, but police later declared there was no danger.
Madrid's Atocha train station was also evacuated on Wednesday on police orders, Spanish train company Renfe said, but that incident turned out to be a false alarm.
A police bomb disposal team had been sent to the station in the Catalan capital after a security check on a suitcase detected a possible explosive device. After further tests, Catalan police said it presented no danger.
The two high-speed train lines at Barcelona Sants were later reopened, Renfe said.
In the Atocha incident, police gave no reason for the evacuation.
Atocha station was the site of a bombing in March 2004 which killed 193 people and wounded about 2,000, Spain's deadliest militant attack. Police say it was carried out by Islamist militants inspired by al Qaeda. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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