Briefcase with ‘some wires attached’ causes evacuation of 30th Street Station

Travelers on late night trains were evacuated from 30th Street Station early Wednesday after, police said, a suspicious package was found on an Amtrak train overnight.

According to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small, at about 12:30 a.m., police were alerted to a report that a suspicious package had been found on a luggage rack of an Amtrak train at 30th Street Station.

“When police went and investigated, they saw that there was a briefcase and it appeared there were some wires attached to that briefcase,” Small explained…

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