DEL.ICIO.USUpdated: 3:14 p.m. December 01, 2008
Package found at federal building was harmless
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Monday, December 01, 2008
A suspicious package found Monday morning at the Sam Nunn Federal Center downtown on turned out to be harmless, police said.
The package was taken by a bomb squad to a remote location and deliberately detonated by police, Atlanta police spokesman James Polite said. No evidence of explosives was found in the remnants of the package.
Elissa Eubanks / eeubanks@ajc.com
Police closed some downtown Atlanta streets Monday morning after a security guard at the Sam Nunn Federal Center noticed a suspicious package.
The Five Points MARTA station and some surrounding downtown streets were shut down for more than three hours Monday morning after a security guard found the package and a bomb-sniffing dog indicated that it might contain explosives. The first floor of the federal center and some nearby businesses were also evacuated.
Streets were re-opened about 10:20 a.m. after a bomb disposal removed the package.
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