Bomb Threat Empties Madrid Stadium

World | December 13, 2004, Monday // 00:00

The Real Madrid soccer stadium was evacuated during a match on Sunday night after a bomb threat was delivered through the Basque newspaper Gara, which is often used by the militant group ETA to warn of imminent attacks. The stadium, with a capacity of about 85,000, was nearly full. After early signs of panic in the crowd, the evacuation took place in orderly fashion, and was completed in about 10 minutes. After searching the stadium and the surrounding area for nearly two hours, the police said they had found no explosives.

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