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Bomb threat cited for Orange Line delay

Orange Line service was delayed Wednesday morning as transit police spent about 20 minutes interviewing witnesses and searching for a man who allegedly made verbal bomb threats while on board a train. The southbound train was stopped at Back Bay Station.

MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo told Boston.com that a suspect was taken into custody shortly after noon.

Police were told the man who made the threats had been wearing a mask, according to Pesaturo.

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