São Paulo Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Device at UPA Vergueiro

Overview

• UPA Vergueiro was evacuated late Monday morning after staff found an object that looked like a bomb in a patient’s bag.
• Gate and Military Police cordoned off the health unit and blocked Rua Vergueiro as a precaution during the inspection.
• Technicians examined the material and concluded it was not an explosive, and services at the unit resumed in the afternoon.
• The patient whose belongings raised the alert had been brought from Sé metro station, where a confrontation left two people injured.
• According to police, the man carried a knife, was restrained by metro security, taken for treatment, and died of his injuries at the UPA.