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A suspicious package resulted in closure of the Pentagon station entrance of the Metro rapid-transit system for more than an hour this morning while security officers investigated the threat, a Pentagon spokesman said.
Security officers closed the station at 7:28 a.m. when a suspicious object was reported in a trash can on the station platform.
Pedestrian traffic was redirected to the Pentagon’s Corridor 3 entrance.
Officers from the Pentagon police department’s explosive ordnance disposal unit and the chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives response division investigated the report, and K-9 officers and dogs swept the station for other hazards.
The suspicious object was identified as a battery-operated Christmas ornament.
The Metro entrance reopened at 8:44, the spokesman said.
Story by Cheryl Pellerin, American Forces Press Service
| Date Taken: | 12.14.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.03.2025 15:20 |
| Story ID: | 514330 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, US |
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