Train Detained After Threatening Note Found

A threatening note found aboard a Washington-to-New York Amtrak train prompted police to detain it for an hour and a half while they checked passengers for identification and examined overhead luggage racks.

After officers videotaped the passengers and searched the cars with a bomb-sniffing dog, the train was declared safe and allowed to leave Newark Penn Station to continue on its way.

Amtrak spokesman Dan Stessel said he did not know the exact contents of the note, but a law enforcement source said it contained “pro-Muslim, anti-Jewish rhetoric.”