Karlstad Airport Evacuated for Possible Suicide Bomber
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Karlstad Airport Evacuated for Possible Suicide Bomber
November 11, 2005
Regional Airport in Sweden Evacuated
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:25 a.m. ET
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A regional airport in central Sweden has been evacuated after an airline employee reported that a suspected suicide bomber had been spotted, police said.
The airport in Karlstad was evacuated at 1:40 p.m. (7:40 a.m. EST), after a Scandinavian Airlines employee reported that ''a possible suicide candidate'' had been spotted at the airport, police spokeswoman Yvonne Carlsten said.
Erik Soderberg, a spokesman for the Swedish civil aviation authority told Swedish news agency TT that someone had left a bomb at the airport. He said someone called with a bomb threat at 12:47 (6:47 a.m. EST).
Carlsten said police and airport officials immediately evacuated the airport, but that no arrests had been made. Carlsten said the SAS employee had seen a suspicious person walking through the airport, but that it was unclear why the individual was believed to be a suicide bomber.
''We are viewing the situation as very serious,'' Carlsten said.
The airport, which opened in 1997, has flights to Scandinavian cities. About 100 people work at the airport.
Regional Airport in Sweden Evacuated
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 8:25 a.m. ET
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A regional airport in central Sweden has been evacuated after an airline employee reported that a suspected suicide bomber had been spotted, police said.
The airport in Karlstad was evacuated at 1:40 p.m. (7:40 a.m. EST), after a Scandinavian Airlines employee reported that ''a possible suicide candidate'' had been spotted at the airport, police spokeswoman Yvonne Carlsten said.
Erik Soderberg, a spokesman for the Swedish civil aviation authority told Swedish news agency TT that someone had left a bomb at the airport. He said someone called with a bomb threat at 12:47 (6:47 a.m. EST).
Carlsten said police and airport officials immediately evacuated the airport, but that no arrests had been made. Carlsten said the SAS employee had seen a suspicious person walking through the airport, but that it was unclear why the individual was believed to be a suicide bomber.
''We are viewing the situation as very serious,'' Carlsten said.
The airport, which opened in 1997, has flights to Scandinavian cities. About 100 people work at the airport.
