Several bomb alerts this morning affected the stations of Trani, Barletta and Bari-Palese, requiring the intervention of the police for verification and clearance activities and a stop to train circulation, decided at 6.26am after the discovery. of a note in Trani, handwritten in capital letters and signed in Arabic, announcing the presence of "biological devices" in the station and in the city's schools.
Rail traffic is now gradually resuming on the Bari-Pescara line
, in the stretch between central Bari and Barletta, Trenitalia announced, explaining that the interruption was caused by the bomb scare in Trani station.
Other bomb alerts concerned the Barletta and Bari-Palese stations
.
"Since 6.30 in the morning, regional and long-distance trains, high speed and intercity, have suffered partial and total cancellations and delays", recalls the transport company which has provided for "the full refund of the ticket for those who have abandoned the journey " and "alternatively, the possibility of reprogramming it".
From Trenitalia's Infomobility page it emerges that traffic has "severely slowed down after the intervention of the police".
High Speed, Intercity and Regional trains can record an increased current travel time of up to 60 minutes.
The High Speed, Intercity and Regional trains previously involved in the traffic suspension recorded increased travel times of up to 400 minutes.
The Bari DDA has opened a case, currently against unknown persons.
From what we understand, a district crime, for example
terrorism,
is conceivable .
The matter remains to be clarified and the results of the investigations on the
liquid contained in the bottles
found in the beauty bag left at the Trani station which also contained
cables and a mobile phone are
awaited .
The alarm was triggered after the discovery of a note
"Between Bari and Barletta, between Foggia and Bari we will hit trains from tracks and stations. March 25th will be your hell".
It is the contents of one of the two tickets found this morning in Trani station that triggered the security plan.
The white sheet on which the threatening phrases were written in capital letters with dark ink was posted near the tracks together with another message written on a squared sheet of paper, also in capital letters, which ends with the word "Inshallah" translated into Arabic which means God willing.
On the sheet we read: "We have placed a biological device in the Trani railway station. Old school biological device and device in another school in Trani, city of corrupt justice. We will fight to the end".
The discovery of the tickets and a suspicious suitcase left at the station gave way to the clean-up activities by police officers, carabinieri, financiers, bomb squad and firefighters aided by colleagues from the specialized Nbcr unit, i.e. nuclear, biological, chemical and radiology of Bari.
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