MADRID, Eng., (Approved) .- The security forces evacuated this afternoon passengers in a subway station in the Spanish capital, before a bomb alarm was false, causing the temporary closure of the La Castellana Avenue, the main city.
The National Police and specialists Explosion-Proof activated an operation to check an abandoned station Nuevos Ministerios box confluence metro, train and station bus, and closed the lobby of the station.
The shoebox abandoned only contained a pair of shoes, however, security protocols were activated to corroborate one day after the Ministry of the Interior raised the terror alert level on Spanish soil, following the attack on Charlie Hebdo satirical publication, in Paris, where 12 people died and others are seriously injured.
The action caused a huge traffic chaos in the center of Madrid this afternoon. The National Police announced the action through Twitter and the shuttle service was restarted.
The subway service was also paralyzed on Avenida de America station and Cuatro Caminos, close to Nuevos Ministerios . The service commuter train was stopped at Atocha and Chamartin station.
In turn, in the morning, in an official ceremony, King Philip VI observed a minute of silence during a break in the ceremony Delivery of credentials of new ambassadors held at the Royal Palace.
The monarch had met with the new ambassador of Egypt, Ismail Ahmed Shafik Abdelmoeti, and the minute of silence accompanied the minister kept Affairs, José Manuel García-Margallo
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