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DoJ building briefly evacuated yesterday
WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department building in Washington was briefly evacuated on Monday after a suspicious package on a nearby bus triggered a security alert, a local official said.

A spokesman for the city’s transit authority said a homeless person had left a coat on a bus but police had investigated and found it not to be a threat. “It’s been cleared,” said spokesman Steven Taub of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

Earlier, a law enforcement official said stressed that the evacuation was ordered “out of an abundance of caution.” “Unfortunately, in this day and age, it’s a common occurrence,” the official said.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-01-10
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