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Rome: A bomb attack on Wednesday at a naval airport in the US in Italy created panic. The security forces had to close for several hours after receiving the alert of a possible car bomb blast at the naval base. However, the authorities later investigated the suspicious object and found that there was no threat from it. According to a statement issued by the US Navy, the security forces were alerted for targeting the Sugonella Nausainya Airport (NAS) with explosive cars, after which the authorities by the authorities to a part of the airport for investigation. Evacuated and closed the entire complex.
According to the statement, the personnel of the Italian police and bomb disposal squad “investigated the suspicious object and found that there was no danger.” A senior Italian defense official said that a “wrong security alert disrupted all the necessary procedures.” Earlier, it was reported that Sigonella Nasainya Airport remained closed for several hours due to unknown incident. The initial post released on the official Facebook page of the airport said that Sigonella has been closed “due to an incident”. According to the post, whatever happened took place at the door of the Navsainya Airport. It urged the employees to “avoid traveling between Marinai Housing Complex and a part of the airport on highway SP 105.”
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The post did not mention what happened at the airport. A few hours later, another post released said that the situation was controlled and traffic around the airport has been again allowed. It said, “We are grateful to the personnel of the Naval Security Force for quick response.” US Navy spokesman Lieutenant Andrea Perez told ‘The Associated Press’ that “no casualties have occurred in the incident.” NAS Sugnella is located at an Air Force base in Italy outside Catania on Sicily Island and it Provides command and control in the area. It is seen as a strategic form an important military establishment on the Mediterranean Sea from where deployment in Europe, Africa and Asia is possible. The US NAS Sugnella has been deployed on the US Navy’s P-8 Posidon reconnaissance aircraft and MQ-4C Triton drones. (AP)
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