DC subway to begin random searches

Agence France-Presse
December 17, 2010

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WASHINGTON — Riders on the Washington metro system were warned Thursday to expect random checks of carry-on items two days after the government disclosed the arrest of an Afghan man for allegedly threatening to bomb the system.

The stepped-up security measures at the height of the Christmas shopping season also coincided with a warning by Interpol that it had received information about possible Al-Qaeda attacks in the United States and Europe.

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Metro Transit Police “will conduct random inspections of carry-on items, as part of the continuously changing law enforcement programs designed to keep the system safe,” the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said in a statement.

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This article was posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 at 7:59 am

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