A MOROCCAN sparked panic on a packed Spanish train after threatening to detonate a bomb. Armed police arrested him at a railway station in the Catalan city of Girona after evacuating the area before the high-speed train pulled in. Police chief Xavier Domenech said the alarm was sounded by passengers travelling from Barcelona to Girona who said a man was shouting in French and Arabic he was carrying a bomb. Dramatic video footage taken by a traveller showed the 30-year-old with dishevelled hair and wearing a poncho being pinned to the ground and handcuffed. He appeared to be calm and was waiting by the doors when it pulled in with other passengers stood around him. He offered no resistance as he was surrounded by police. One officer could be overheard asking a passenger: “Did he have a bag or not?” The drama occurred around 6.20pm local time on Thursday on an AVE train which had left Barcelona’s Sants station 40 minutes earlier. Police confirmed the suspect, who spoke in a foreign accent and told police he was Moroccan, was not armed or carrying a bomb. Related Stories SHOCK OF GIBRALTAR Three top MoD officials are arrested in Gibraltar for ‘hindering a sex offence probe’ into a servicemen DRIVE-THRU Dramatic footage shows moment car smashes straight into roundabout landing in bushes TOTAL DUMBBELL Dramatic moment suspected charity conman realises he’s picked the wrong place to ‘scam’ cash as bodybuilders wrestle him to the ground FIGHT CLUB Dramatic moment two women brawl…more detail
