- Title: SPAIN-ATOCHA BOMB SCARE Madrid's Atocha evacuated after false bomb threat
- Date: 2nd January 2015
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (JANUARY 2, 2015) (REUTERS) CROWDS STANDING OUTSIDE ATOCHA STATION AFTER BEING EVACUATED POLICE ARRIVING AT STATION POLICE OFFICER STANDING OUTSIDE STATION CROWDS OF COMMUTERS WAITING OUTSIDE STATION POLICE DIRECTING MAN HELICOPTER FLYING OVERHEAD POLICE STANDING BEHIND POLICE CORDON WITH COMMUTERS WAITING ON OTHER SIDE OF CORDON COMMUTERS BEHIND POLICE CORDO
- Embargoed: 17th January 2015 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Spain
- Country: Spain
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVABE7T85CIXWH6SAQ1IN7Z4UYMO
- Story Text: Travel plans for commuters at Madrid's Atocha main train station were disrupted after the station was evacuated and later reopened on Friday (January 2), following a bomb warning on a train that turned out to be false.
The station was the scene of a bomb attack in 2004 after violent Islamists planted a series of bombs on Madrid trains killing 191 people.
A man on a commuter train had been threatening to blow up himself, and another passenger pulled the emergency brake, a spokeswoman for the Spanish police said.
The police said he had no bomb but the man is being held for questioning.
"I was going to Seville at 11 but they aren't letting us through because there has been a bomb alert so all the trains have been stopped a station before this one," said commuter Julio Mojacar.
"I was going to take the train but when I arrived I found the police. Some friends told me through Whats App what was happening and now we're waiting to here what's happened," another commuted Rebecca Alacaide said.
Train services were temporarily suspended and were expected to resume shortly after the station reopened to passengers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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