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Suspicious Package At Grand Central Subway Platform Was Garbage, Says NYPD

Suspicious Package At Grand Central Was Actually Garbage
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A US soldier patrols inside Grand Central station in New York on April, 16, 2013. US President Barack Obama branded the Boston bombings a 'cowardly' act of terror, but said it was still unclear if a foreign or domestic group or individual was behind the attacks. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
A US soldier patrols inside Grand Central station in New York on April, 16, 2013. US President Barack Obama branded the Boston bombings a 'cowardly' act of terror, but said it was still unclear if a foreign or domestic group or individual was behind the attacks. AFP PHOTO/Emmanuel Dunand (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

A suspicious package found Monday on a busy subway platform servicing Grand Central Terminal turned out to be a backpack filled with garbage, an NYPD spokesman said.

The backpack, found on the downtown platform for the Lexington Avenue Line, briefly disrupted service to No. 4, 5 and 6 subway trains, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said. Trains bypassed the Grand Central-42nd Street stop until shortly after 10:15 a.m.

The NYPD said the suspicious package was reported in a 911 call at 9:02 a.m. and said emergency services and bomb squad officers were dispatched to investigate the find.

Responding officers searched the backpack and, the NYPD said, found garbage. ___

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