The Catalan regional police force, the Mossos d’Esquadra, said an explosives unit was dispatched to the high-speed rail tracks at the central Sants station in Barcelona at 8am following a call from railway workers. The alarm was triggered after security officers saw an object “with the shape of a possible explosive device” on their scanners. A police spokesperson said the object was a grenade-shaped belt buckle. The security alert also led to the evacuation of Madrid’s Atocha station, but police said this was a false alarm. At about 9.20am Spain’s national rail company, Renfe, said that a partial high-speed service had been restored at the Barcelona station.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2018 08:57 UTC