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GRENADE SCARE AT PENN STA.

Penn Station was shut for an hour yesterday because of a scare caused by a smoke grenade.

At 9:50 a.m., after an LIRR train pulled in, a cleaner found a knapsack in one of the cars. Inside, he saw a canister marked “grenade.”

MTA cops closed the station and determined it was a smoke grenade. It was removed for disposal.