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| Warsaw metro closed after bomb alert |
| 2005-07-13 |
| WARSAW - The sole metro line in the Polish capital Warsaw was closed on Tuesday following a bomb alert, police spokesman Marcin Szyndler said, less than a week after the bomb attacks in Londonâs Underground system. âWeâve received information about an explosive charge in the metro. In order to verify this information, the metro line had to be closed to the public,â the spokesman said. âWe cannot ignore any information of this kind. Our teams of experts are checking right now,â he added. The Polish news agency PAP reported that emergency services had received an anonymous telephone call at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) warning that a bomb had been placed in a metro station. Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski quickly took the decision to evacuate the metro system and shut it down, he told private television TVN24. âI made the decision in about a minute, after learning that a bomb could explode in less than 15 minutes,â he said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |