- Title: ITALY: Suspected bomb found on Rome underground carriage
- Date: 22nd December 2010
- Summary: ROME, ITALY (DECEMBER 21, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF REBIBBIA TRAIN STATION PLAIN CLOTHES POLICE LEAVING STATION EXTERIOR of STATION CARABINIERI MILITARY POLICE CAR OUTSIDE TRAIN STATION CARABINIERI WALKING TOWARDS STATION CARABINIERI INSIDE TRAIN STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Italian) GIANFRANCO, COMMUTER, SAYING "This atmosphere is strange, it is not calm, or serene or
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- Location: Italy, Italy
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
- Reuters ID: LVAEBR7763Y6KI88GOBUMCLFXTAJ
- Story Text: A suspected explosive device found in an empty underground train carriage in Rome on Tuesday (December 21) could not have blown up because it lacked a detonator, police said.
Earlier, Rome transport authority ATAC had said the device, described by police as rudimentary, could have exploded. It was in a box with cables, batteries and antennas, an ATAC spokesman said.
Transport authority ATAC said in a statement that the device was found by a train driver in a marshalling yard near the Rebibbia metro station at about 0900 GMT.
The train, which was being prepared for service, was empty apart from the driver, ATAC said.
The device was discovered at a time of increased tension in Italy following anti-government protests last week that descended into some of the worst violence in Rome for years. Another demonstration is planned for Wednesday (December 22).
A senior Iraqi official said last week that al Qaeda was planning attacks in the United States, Britain and Europe around Christmas.
A suspected suicide bomber was killed in a botched attack in Stockholm on December 11. Police believe he was planning to attack a train station or department store at the height of the Christmas shopping season. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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