Bomb alarm this morning in the stations of Trani, Barletta and Bari-Palese have forced the intervention of the police for verification and clearance activities, "regional and long-distance trains, high speed and intercity, are undergoing partial cancellations, totals and delays currently exceeding 300 minutes".
The stop to traffic was decided at 6.26 this morning 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 some city schools.
Trenitalia announces that "railway traffic on the Bari-Pescara line remains suspended between central Bari and Barletta".
The transport company underlines that "taking into account the repercussions on the service and also the interruption between Caserta and Foggia" due to a landslide, passengers can "reschedule their journey until new updates which will take place following the conclusion of the transport operations verification by the police".
There were also inconveniences at the Bari train station where replacement buses have been set up.
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.
The clean-up activities in the schools have been completed, the Municipality announced, 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".
Trenitalia also invites you to consult its website for updates.
Trenitalia has provided for "the full refund of the ticket for those who cancel the trip or alternatively the possibility of rescheduling it".
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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