In Irkutsk, people were urgently evacuated from the railway station building

This afternoon in Irkutsk, people were evacuated from the railway station because of an unattended bag. Police, medics and rescuers arrived, but the alarm was false. The items were not dangerous, and the owner later returned. The station is now operating normally, and passengers are asked to be careful.

This afternoon, on November 19, people were evacuated from the building of the Irkutsk railway station. The cause of the incident was an unattended bag that was found.
Unattended items were discovered in the building, after which station employees contacted the police.
Police officers, medics, and rescuers immediately went to the railway station. All citizens who were inside the building were urgently evacuated.
The alarm turned out to be false; the items found posed no danger. It turned out that a man had left the bags unattended and stepped away for a while, and later he came to the scene himself. The station is currently operating as usual.
As a reminder, due to recent terrorist attacks in a number of countries, security measures have been tightened on the East Siberian Railway. Passengers are also asked to remain vigilant.