Station Atocha Madrid scene of the attacks of March 11, 2004 , was evacuated Friday after a man threatened to immolate but ultimately was not carrying explosives over the Spanish police said.
Police evicted the Madrid station to activate the protocol terrorist threat when man of North African origin, announced publicly his intention to commit suicide with explosives inside of a train from Valleces and bound to the central station of the capital.
After inspecting bomb police officers, the Ministry Interior confirmed that this passenger not wearing any artifact in his backpack , just a bottle of water. Despite the false alarm, agents searched the train as a precaution.
was the warning passengers traveling along the detainee prompting the authorities to order the suspension of rail traffic in Madrid and the police managed to arrest the man who threatened to blow himself smoothly.
The convoy suburban was parked 400 meters from Atocha Station and its occupants, evicted by the way . All departures and arrivals at Atocha station were suspended with the application of Circular 50 of terrorism protocol. Until minutes after 11:00 am, when police confirmed the false alarm. At that same time he again resumed the trains Metro station and traffic in the area.
Atocha station, the largest of the Spanish capital was the scene of some Islamist attacks on 11 March 2004 that caused 191 deaths and more than 2,000 injured by explosions in four trains
(Source: La Vanguardia).
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