Milan subway station evacuated (2)

(ANSA) - Milan, July 25 - A Milan subway station was evacuated on a bomb scare Monday after a suspicious package was discovered on the M2 line after it pulled in to the Stazione Centrale (Central Station) stop. Service on the M2 and M3 lines was interrupted and central station basement shops were shut down as police and Red Cross vehicles flocked to the scene.
    Railways were not affected and trains were circulating normally, rail officials said.
    The central station stop was evacuated "on request of the police commissioner's office", according to city officials.
    "We don't want to cause undue alarm but simply enact security measures so the bomb squad can come and check out a suspicious package," said city cabinet member for public security, Carmela Rozza. "We hope this was down to a moment of distraction by a citizen," she added.
    "People sometimes forget packages at departure locations when the holiday exodus comes around," she added.