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| DoJ building briefly evacuated yesterday |
| 2006-01-10 |
| WASHINGTON - The US Justice Department building in Washington was briefly evacuated on Monday after a suspicious package on a nearby bus triggered a security alert, a local official said. A spokesman for the cityâs transit authority said a homeless person had left a coat on a bus but police had investigated and found it not to be a threat. âItâs been cleared,â said spokesman Steven Taub of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Earlier, a law enforcement official said stressed that the evacuation was ordered âout of an abundance of caution.â âUnfortunately, in this day and age, itâs a common occurrence,â the official said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |