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Train station in Lausanne, Switzerland evacuated over bomb threat
The central station of Lausanne, Switzerland was shut down over a bomb threat, as a “suspicious package” was found at the scene, local media report citing police. Bomb disposal teams are working at the scene.
The suspicious object was discovered at the Lausanne central station on Sunday afternoon, Swiss media report.
“It’s an abandoned suitcase,” Tribune de Geneve newspaper cited Christian Bourquenoud, spokesman for the Vaudoise police, as saying.
The premises of the train station have been cordoned off by the police and bomb disposal teams arrived at the scene to check the package.
All train traffic has been suspended, and an adjacent metro station was also closed.
