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Posted February 9, 2010
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Den Bosch, Netherlands
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Hundreds evacuated after bomb alarm in Dutch train
No explosive was found in a train in the Dutch city Den Bosch. Police we're on the train station itself, searching for explosive materials. Nothing was found. A man has been taken into custody.
The Dutch Railways said an explosive was found in the train.
A video has been uploaded on YouTube. On this video you see how the station in Den Bosch is being evacuated after an employee asked to leave the station. Everything is running smoothly and within ten minutes, the entire station is empty. Half an hour later the square in front of the station and the buildings surrounding the station have been evacuated too.
The bomb was supposed to be stored in an InterCity, traveling from Roosendaal to Zwolle.
No traffic
Since eight o' clock there was no train traffic to and from Den Bosch. The station was evacuated as well.
Suspect
According to a spokesman a man was arrested in the train earlier this morning. The man was seen confused and passengers called security. Eyewitnesses say he was wearing a white dress and a green coat.
He didn't had a backpack with him but he did wear something in his ear, perhaps an earphone.
Allah Akbar
Another eyewitness, working for Radio Netherlands Worldwide, said the man was asking for a cigaret, went away and came back a minute later. He said: "Allah Akbar" (God is great) and begun shouting: "I have a bomb with me and it's activated", "I'm against Bin Laden", "Nobody believes I've got a bomb with me". He was very confused.
When he was stopped he said that he would let a bomb explode. Police officers we're talking with the man.
The other passengers left the train.
Calm
Reporter Maino Remmers, from Dutch news organization NOS, went to Den Bosch and spoke with travelers at the station. They responded calm to the message that there would be an explosive in the train. Shops, offices and homes have been evacuated.
Train traffic resumed at three o' clock.
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