Passengers evacuated from Przemyśl-Kyiv train in Poland over reports of threat

In Przemyśl, Poland, nearly 500 passengers of a train bound for Kyiv were evacuated on Saturday afternoon following reports of a potential threat. Subsequent checks confirmed there was no danger.

The Podkarpackie Voivodeship police reported this on X, Ukrinform writes.

“Today in the morning, the services received information about a possible threat to passengers of the train on the Przemyśl-Kyiv route. Passengers left the train, Podkarpacka police officers along with other services took verification actions. After the verification was carried out, the threat was not confirmed. We also refute information about finding a suspicious package in the train – such a situation did not take place,” the police said.

According to Rmf24 radio, 480 passengers were evacuated from the train.

Earlier, a passenger train from Bucharest to Kyiv was stopped at the Velčineț checkpoint on Moldova’s border after a bomb threat report; no suspicious items were found during the inspection.

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