Milan, false bomb alert in Metro Central Station: evacuated – The Messenger

The stop of the Milan Central Station subway was evacuated in the afternoon for a later proved false bomb threat: a suspicious package was found at the bus stop on the M2 line towards Abbiategrasso. The movement of trains on the lines M2 and M3 of the Milan metro was stopped for about an hour and a half. The Central Station has remained operational at 100%. Traffic blockages affected only the subway lines, the Metro station and shops located at height, underground, ie in the basement.

The two metro lines You were shut down between stops Garibaldi (where there is also the Porta Garibaldi station) and Cascina Gobba on M2 and those of the Republic and Sondrio on the M3. The block went off at 16.45. Passengers reported that the subway cars were evacuated with a prolonged sound of the siren, but without voice communication. Men on site and local police resources, the state police, the Red Cross and the police.

The suspicious

package was a box inside a battery with electrical circuits . There was no explosive inside, but this is not a normal pack forgotten by a traveler. At the moment the police are investigating the videos of the cameras to see who has left the pack. It is not excluded that this is a stunt. The package was located at the confluence of the two lines.

“The package à been blown up at a distance and did not contain explosives. Probably he had purpose alarmist, but harmless. Now they are examining the footage of the cameras to identify those who have left, “said Interior Minister Angelino Alfano.