Police Evacuate Kursky Train Station After Bomb Threat

By The Moscow Times

Jan. 4, 2013

Kursky train station has been evacuated Friday afternoon after an unknown woman reportedly phoned emergency services and issued a bomb threat.

The phone call reportedly came in at 12:10 p.m., and the unknown female caller said there would be a woman in the hall of the train station with a bomb, RIA-Novosti reported, citing the Interior Ministry's press service. A police canine unit was immediately dispatched to the scene and the station has been evacuated.

Police are currently checking the area.?

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