© Les Bazso , PNGThe bomb squad was called in and commuters on the eastbound SkyTrain were shuttled to buses after a transit emergency alert closed the Scott Road to Gateway Skytrain stations in Surrey on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012.
A bomb was spotted by a passenger on an elevated SkyTrain track in Surrey this afternoon, and later removed and exploded by an RCMP bomb squad. The confirmed bomb threat is believed to be the first ever involving SkyTrain infrastructure.
Transit police spokeswoman Anne Drennan said officers will conduct a full sweep of TransLink's complete rail network throughout the night, also checking bus loops, stations, and terminals.
"We want to make sure there is nothing else out there to cause the public and our passengers harm," Drennan said.
Transit police have asked all police forces in the different Lower Mainland jurisdictions served by SkyTrain to go on "high alert" helping to monitor for tracks for suspicious activity. Extra uniformed transit police officers are stationed throughout the TransLink system, and plain clothes transit police detectives are on the lookout for the bombing suspect, Drennan said.
© Transit PoliceThis explosive device was found on the SkyTrain track in Surrey, B.C., on Friday.
The bomb was spotted between Gateway and Scott Rd. SkyTrain stations in Surrey at 2:15 p.m. Police found that it was strapped to three empty cylinders. The cylinders, which looked like propane tanks according to police, will be kept for forensic investigation.
Police don't know how, or when, the bomb was placed on the train tracks. They will review video surveillance tapes, and are asking citizens who may have seen a suspect climbing the tracks or heaving up an object, to contact police.
A TransLink spokesman said buses started taking riders between the stations soon after the problem was first reported at 2:15 p.m., and the line reopened shortly after 5 p.m.
Source: The Province and Postmedia News
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