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Rodoanel Closed Over Suspected Bomb Threat as Separate Crash Shuts Anhanguera Ramp

Police deployed the GATE bomb squad to secure the area.

Overview

  • A truck driver reported being assaulted and forced to block the Rodoanel in Itapecerica da Serra and said a homemade explosive was attached to his body.
  • Authorities fully interdicted the external lanes toward Presidente Dutra around km 44–45, isolating the scene while specialists assess whether an explosive is present.
  • Traffic is being diverted to the Régis Bittencourt, with congestion reported at roughly 16 km, and one lane in the opposite direction is also closed for safety.
  • SPMAR and Artesp said suspicious material wrapped in aluminum foil was found in the truck cabin and that assailants, reportedly three individuals, fled the scene.
  • In a separate incident in Campinas, a truck carrying 24 tonnes of apples overturned on the Anhanguera access to D. Pedro I at km 103, leaking diesel and forcing a full ramp closure for crane removal; the driver was uninjured.