Bucharest-Kyiv train halted in Moldova after bomb threat
Ukrinform
A passenger train traveling from Bucharest to Kyiv was stopped while leaving Moldova at the Valcinet border crossing after a report of a suspected bomb.
This was reported by NewsMaker, citing the press service of the border police, according to Ukrinform.
According to preliminary information, at around 12:50, the train running on the Bucharest-Kyiv route was stopped at the Valcinet checkpoint on the Moldovan-Ukrainian border as it was exiting Moldova.
Ukrzaliznytsia had earlier informed the train manager about a call to a hotline in which an unidentified man reported a supposed bomb on board.
Emergency services were dispatched to the scene.
On October 12, law enforcement officers in the Ivano-Frankivsk region received a report about a bomb threat on a train. After an inspection, police found no explosives.
Photo: Ukrzaliznytsia
