Update:
Passengers Sent To Washington After Train Searched
POSTED: 5:21 am EDT June 7, 2004
CUMBERLAND, Md. -- An Amtrak train on its way to Washington was stopped and searched Sunday in western Maryland after a member of the U.S. military reported suspicious activity by two men on board, officials said.
The two men were questioned and released Sunday night, Amtrak spokesman Dan Stessel said, with law enforcement officials deeming "them no longer of interest."
Stessel said the train's 233 passengers, including the two men, were sent by bus to Washington late Sunday night. He said the train was sent later to Washington without passengers.
Barry Maddox, a spokesman with the FBI's Baltimore field office, said members of the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force had originally received a report of "suspicious males of Middle Eastern descent."
Maddox said Sunday night that the FBI was investigating, but "as of right now we don't have cause for alarm."
Deputy State Fire Marshal W. Faron Taylor said U.S. military personnel on the train noticed "suspicious activity" from two men at about 11 a.m. Taylor said one of the men appeared to have an unknown object concealed beneath his clothing.
The passengers were ordered off the train, and the two men identified as acting suspiciously were detained by police, Taylor said. He said a bomb squad and dogs searched at least 12 of the train's cars for about four hours and found no explosives.
"The train was deemed to be totally safe," Taylor said.(snip)
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"Three people were given first aid for shorness of breath, burning nostrils and sore throats Saturday after a mysterious odor filled the gift shop at Crazy Horse Memorial." (South Dakota)
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