BERLIN (Kyodo) A railway station in Hamburg, Germany, was closed down and evacuated after a Japanese tourist left his bag there unattended, according to a local newspaper.

The man used a chain lock to attach the bag to a bench and left the station to go sightseeing, the paper said.

The police, suspecting the bag might contain explosives, closed the station for about an hour and a half Friday and brought in a bomb disposal unit.

Because the incident caused two train runs to be canceled and about 40 to be delayed, the operator of the railway is considering demanding that the man pay damages, which could reach several million yen.