In the Spanish municipality of Guadarrama at Madrid the Guardia Civil on Wednesday. According to sources within the police unit, the object contained no explosives. A few hours after it was found, another suspicious object was discovered in the municipality; this too proved harmless.
The rucksack was found at around 4 pm on 11 November on Calle de los Escoriales near a petrol station and a supermarket. According to the municipality, security and emergency services were then alerted. The Guardia Civil took charge of the operation and called in specialists in bomb disposal.
As a precaution, officers carried out a controlled explosion of the rucksack. The blast caused a loud bang that startled local residents, according to a report by the Europa Press news agency. Police sources subsequently told the agency that the rucksack had contained no explosives.
The newspaper La Razón reports that the police cordoned off the area as a precaution. According to the newspaper El Pespunte, a supermarket was also evacuated and access via Calle de los Escoriales was restricted. The reports do not say how long the restrictions lasted.
At around 8 pm, a second suspicious object was found, according to the municipal administration, near a business on Calle Dehesa de los Panes Authorities also took security measures there. According to the municipality, checks established that there was no danger. Nothing is known about any connection between the two discoveries.
The municipal administration said it had followed the Guardia Civil’s instruction not to release information while the operations were under way. This was intended to ensure safety until the measures were completed. According to a local report, the municipal police and the civil protection also supported the emergency services.
Guadarrama is in the Madrid region, but is an independent municipality and not a district of the Spanish capital. The discovery of a suspicious object and its controlled explosion as a precaution do not, in themselves, prove that a bomb was present or that the incident was connected with other alerts.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).