By Robert Messer

Bolzano (Italy) - A bomb threat at the Brenner train station in South Tyrol led to a large-scale police operation this evening.

Train services between Austria and South Tyrol had to be suspended and the Italian section of the Brenner highway (A22) temporarily closed, as reported by South Tyrolean media. Around 300 people had to be evacuated from a train on its way to Munich after the bomb threat.

According to the Italian news agency Ansa, the police at Brenner station first had to intervene because of a man who had allegedly gone on the rampage on the train.

After he had been taken off the train, he told the police that he had hidden a bomb in one of the train toilets. The train was then stopped immediately and a large-scale operation was launched. The man is currently being questioned by the emergency services on site.

A special police task force searched the train but found no explosive device, according to Ansa. The alarm was therefore canceled. Nevertheless, traffic restrictions are still to be expected.