In the middle of the G20, they blew up a suspicious package on July 9 | Chronic

The discovery of a suitcase in a metro station of line E, a PVC cylinder covered with aluminum on the public road of the center of Buenos Aires and a suspicious device in a bathroom of the hospital Garrahan forced the City police, although in all cases it was false alarms.

At the intersection of Carlos Pellegrini Avenue and Marcelo T. de Alvear, a specialized staff also came before the discovery on the public road of a PVC cylinder, about 10 cm by 3 in diameter and internally coated in harmless aluminum

The staff of the federal police's anti-bomba squadron appeared instead and blew up an explosive that, according to Mauro, a diariero of the region, "It was the size of a pack of cigarettes".

"We know that someone threw it by the way, but we still did not know if it was on board a vehicle or while walking, the bomb squad came in and blew it up "Mauro said.

More cases

Police sources indicated that, as part of all the preventive interventions conducted at the G20 summit, the police had acted according to a protocol prior to the discovery of an abandoned suitcase in a line E metro station.

This is a police officer who noticed the presence and called 911 who sent the explosives personnel to blow the suitcase, although it is not an explosive device, said the spokespersons.

Finally, in one of the bathrooms at Garrahan Hospital, a suspicious device consisting of tubes, cables and a clockwork mechanism was discovered. Police personnel went on the spot and determined that it was also not an explosive.