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Police are investigating a run of false bomb alerts across Andalusia after several suspicious bags and suitcases triggered evacuations, road closures and security cordons in the last three days.
Among the incidents under scrutiny was a scare in Marbella’s San Pedro area, where the Policía Nacional evacuated a health centre after an abandoned suitcase was reported near the building. Officers later confirmed that nothing dangerous was found.
According to the information gathered so far, police are trying to establish whether the alerts are linked or whether they are separate incidents that have spread after the first alarms. The cases have also reached Seville, Córdoba and Cádiz, with authorities working quietly while the Interior Ministry has not publicly commented.
Marbella was one of the first Costa del Sol alerts
In the Marbella case, police sealed off the area around the health centre and called in bomb disposal specialists after the suitcase was reported near the facility. The operation caused disruption in the San Pedro neighbourhood before officers ruled it a false alarm.
The ABC report said the suspicion around the bag was part of a broader pattern of alerts that began in Málaga city and then spread elsewhere in Andalusia. One of the earliest incidents involved a grey suitcase near the Muelle Heredia area by Málaga port, which also proved to be a false alarm.
Police sources cited in the report said officers are now checking CCTV footage and looking for the owners of the bags and suitcases involved, in an effort to determine whether the incidents were the result of carelessness, vandalism or something more organised.
Officers are checking for possible links
The investigation is being handled by information units from both the Policía Nacional and the Guardia Civil, which are examining whether any of the alerts share a common pattern. The report said officers are also considering whether the wave may be connected to similar bomb scares elsewhere in Spain.
In Seville, a suspicious bag near a tram stop in the city centre led to a major police deployment and road closures. In Córdoba and Cádiz, further alerts prompted more security checks and temporary disruption.
Police have not said whether any of the incidents amount to a coordinated campaign. For now, the priority appears to be identifying who left the objects and whether the same person or group is behind more than one of the alerts.
The wave comes amid concern across Europe over false bomb threats at transport hubs and other sensitive sites. The report said Spanish police are treating the latest cases cautiously while the checks continue.
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