NEW YORK, July 25 (Xinhuanet) --A day after two terror scares caused disruptions at Penn Station and Times Square, a suspicious package in downtown Brooklyn led to some real tense moment Monday.     

    Eyewitnesses say a black canvas attach case was found chained to a fire hydrant at the corner of Montague and Court streets across from Borough Hall Monday morning, and a police bomb unit was immediately called in to investigate the package.

    An officer with the New York Police Department said the case was detonated by the bomb squad, and witnesses reported hearing what sounded like firecrackers and seeing smoke. However, police will not confirm the bag was exploded.

    Law enforcement officials would only say the bag contained personal belongings.

    According to people who work in the area, several buildings along Court Street were evacuated and a nearby court house was cordoned off while the investigation was being conducted. Subway service was also temporarily shut down at the Court Street station.

    The incident comes just one day after there was a large police response to two separate terror scares in Times Square and at PennStation Sunday that turned out to be false alarms.

    In the first event, a man put a suitcase on the counter of the station and claimed he had a bomb inside. The bomb threat forced the evacuation of the station, the Amtrak, commuter rails and subway trains were all stopped for about an hour.

    Prosecutors said on Monday that the man, identified as Raul Claudio of the Bronx, was arraigned on charges of making a terrorist threat and falsely reporting an incident.

    In another instance, police swarmed a double-decker tour bus inTimes Square when its driver reported that several passengers withbackpacks on board were acting suspiciously.

    The passengers were all checked out, and the men in question were handcuffed, but no threat was found and the men were released.Enditem