14 Oct, 2019 @ 17:43
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Man arrested after causing panic with fake bomb threat on train in Spain’s Andalucia

Fake Bomb Threat

Fake Bomb Threat

A MAN has been arrested after creating a fake bomb scare at a busy train station in Andalucia. 

The unnamed individual caused ‘panic and distress’ at Jerez station on October 10 when he began screaming on the platform that the train people were about to board had a bomb on it.

At around 11.20am he was shouting that the explosive device would go off at any minute, before grabbing another traveller’s suitcase out of their hands and throwing it to the ground.

Security guards rushed to the platform to tackle the man before searching him for weapons.

The man managed to break free and made a run for it before being met by Policia Nacional officers.

He was arrested for serious threat to persons and public order.

He is being held ahead of a trial.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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