A parcel bomb was found hidden inside a shoe box in a train carriage in Rome's metro system after passengers had got off at the train's last stop. The device, which contained gunpowder and metal tubing, was found by a transport worker at around 10:00am at Rebibbia station on the outskirts of the Italian capital. The website of the Corriere della Sera daily quoted a police source saying it could have been a pipe bomb.
The bomb was found after the last passengers had descended from a train coming from Rome city centre, the transport authority said in a statement.