Rail traffic between Pescara and Bari is currently suspended due to the bomb threat recorded at Trani station where verification activities by the Carabinieri, police bomb squad and railway police officers are underway.
The stop to traffic was decided at 6.26 this morning after the discovery of a note, handwritten in capital letters and signed in Arabic, announcing the presence of "biological devices" in the station and in some schools in the area. city.
Trenitalia explains that "high speed, intercity and regional trains may experience delays" while "route limitations and cancellations" may be recorded on regional routes.
The 5.55 Frecciarossa Lecce - Milan train, the 6.35 Bari - Milan high speed train, and the 8.50pm Turin - Lecce, 9.15pm Milan - Lecce and the 9.15pm Milan - Lecce Intercity trains are stopped. 9.50pm.
Trenitalia also invites you to consult its website for updates.
The clean-up activities in schools of all levels in Trani have been completed following the bomb scare.
The Municipality made this known on its social media channels, explaining that the control activities carried out by the police had "negative results".
Thus, the mayor of the city Amedeo Bottaro "ordered the cessation of effectiveness of the temporary closure ordinance" of the city's schools "signed this morning, ordering the reopening of all schools of all levels in the city".
However, rail traffic between central Bari and Barletta is still suspended because police checks are still underway in some stations.
The presence of the small suitcase, noticed by those waiting for the trains, triggered the alarm and controls.
The mayor of the city, Amedeo Bottaro, thus decided to suspend lessons.
"Due to a bomb scare in an unspecified school, all city schools of all levels will remain closed today", is the communication posted on the Municipality's official social channels.
Checks are also underway by the police in the Bari-Palese station after the discovery of another note announcing the presence of a bomb not only in the railway yard but also in a school in the neighborhood north of Bari. From a first inspection carried out, it would appear that the alarm is unfounded even if the railway police and forensic officers are awaiting the arrival of the bomb squad and firefighters.
In Barletta, however, a suitcase was found in the entrance hall of a building located a few steps from the train station.
The discovery triggered safety activities by the police and firefighters.
At the moment the situation seems to be under control.
Rail traffic is still suspended between central Bari and Barletta.
There are 12 Freccia rossa and 6 Intercity buses which have currently suffered inconveniences and for which replacement buses have been activated.
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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