Suspicious object on rail tracks in Germany did not contain explosives: police

German police said on Thursday that a suspicious object found on rail tracks in a Bavarian ‌town did not contain explosives, as initially feared.Earlier on Thursday, buildings near the object were evacuated in the town of Treuchtlingen for the item to ⁠be moved safely by a robot.Experts had earlier taken ‌X-ray images of the object that was found in the southern ‌part of the town. The public ⁠had ⁠been urged to steer clear of the area, which ‌was cordoned off, police also said on social media.A bomb-disposal robot is deployed at a railway station in Middle Franconia, where special forces from the Federal Police examine an object suspected of containing explosives. Photo: dpaGerman authorities have been on edge for more than a ⁠week over an Leipzig-airport" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="184510" data-entity-type="event">attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport in eastern Germany, where an unmanned aerial device loaded ‌with explosives was ‌found near a runway.