Stockholm: An airport near Stockholm was evacuated on Sunday after staff found a suspicious powder in a bag that had been checked in for a flight, officials said.
All departing flights were suspended said Joakim Lindholm, operations manager at Skavsta airport, Sweden's fifth largest which mainly handles low-cost airlines.
A bomb squad had arrived at the airport about 100 km (60 miles) south of Stockholm, Lindholm told Reuters.
Police spokesman Anette Wilhelmsson told Svenska Dagbladet newspaper that a suspicious power had been found.
All departing flights were suspended said Joakim Lindholm, operations manager at Skavsta airport, Sweden's fifth largest which mainly handles low-cost airlines.
A bomb squad had arrived at the airport about 100 km (60 miles) south of Stockholm, Lindholm told Reuters.
© Thomson Reuters 2016
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