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Traffic through Turkey's Marmaray tunnel halted by suspicious package

Business Materials 19 January 2015 18:11 (UTC +04:00)
Turkey halted all traffic through the Marmaray railway tunnel due to the danger of a possible explosion,
Traffic through Turkey's Marmaray tunnel halted by suspicious package

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 19

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Turkey halted all traffic through the Marmaray railway tunnel due to the danger of a possible explosion, Kanal7 TV channel reported Jan. 19.

Reportedly, a suspicious package, similar to an explosive device was found at one of the stations, and all passengers were evacuated.

But a thorough check by the security forces established that the suspicious package was a passengers forgotten bag. Traffic through the railway tunnel was resumed after a complete check of the item.

On Jan. 18, a noise grenade blew up near a transformer substation on the Milliyet Street of Istanbul's Fatih district.

That explosion caused no casualties.

On the same day, a suspicious package was found at the municipal police department in the Turkish city of Maltepe.

Edited by CN

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