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Jan 31, 2007 12:27 pm US/Eastern

Part of I-93 Shut Down By Suspicious Device

CHARLESTOWN (WBZ) ― The Sullivan Square T station and a section of Interstate 93 North in Charlestown were shut down for about an hour Wednesday morning so police could remove and blow up a suspicious device.

A source close to the investigation told WBZ it was a "sophisticated electronic device" that somebody placed there for a reason. It was not an explosive device and police say it did not pose any danger to anyone.

The device, a large circuit board with wires and batteries, was found attached to a beam with magnets about 15-to-20 feet above a busway that runs below an elevated section of the highway.

A bomb squad officer removed it and authorities blasted it with a water cannon around 10 a.m. to render it useless. The highway and T station re-opened a short time later.

No one was hurt.

State Police said they are checking to see who was working in the area before the board was found. The person who left it there would have needed a ladder to reach that spot.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)

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