Police stop 'suspicious' tourist at Danish parliament
UPDATED: Copenhagen Police arrested a man wearing a "suspicious belt bag" at Christiansborg on Thursday.
Copenhagen Police wrote on Twitter that officers had stopped a man wearing a "suspicious belt bag" shortly after 1pm.
Politiet er ved at være færdige ved Christiansborg. En mand, var iført en "mistænkelig" bæltetaske - dog legalt forhold.
— Københavns Politi (@KobenhavnPoliti) March 3, 2016
In a previous tweet, Copenhagen Police wrote that they had "pacified" the man in question and called bomb personnel to the scene shortly to investigate.
The bomb personnel ruled out a threat shortly after their arrival.
"It was an Italian tourist, whom several other tourists found suspicious because there were some yellow cables hanging out of his belt bag. It turned out to just be some rubber bands. He has been taken to the station so we can explain the situation to him and tell him why he was overpowered," police spokesman Steen Hansen told TV2.
A photo posted to Twitter by Anders Frandsen shows the police pointing their weapons at two men to the ground outside of the parliament building:
Drama på slotspladsen... #dkpol pic.twitter.com/9b4YJzyPlj
— Anders Frandsen (@AndersFrandsen1) March 3, 2016
Access to Christiansborg was temporarily closed during the situation but doors were opened again just after 1pm, TV2 reported.
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Copenhagen Police wrote on Twitter that officers had stopped a man wearing a "suspicious belt bag" shortly after 1pm.
Politiet er ved at være færdige ved Christiansborg. En mand, var iført en "mistænkelig" bæltetaske - dog legalt forhold.
— Københavns Politi (@KobenhavnPoliti) March 3, 2016
In a previous tweet, Copenhagen Police wrote that they had "pacified" the man in question and called bomb personnel to the scene shortly to investigate.
The bomb personnel ruled out a threat shortly after their arrival.
"It was an Italian tourist, whom several other tourists found suspicious because there were some yellow cables hanging out of his belt bag. It turned out to just be some rubber bands. He has been taken to the station so we can explain the situation to him and tell him why he was overpowered," police spokesman Steen Hansen told TV2.
A photo posted to Twitter by Anders Frandsen shows the police pointing their weapons at two men to the ground outside of the parliament building:
Drama på slotspladsen... #dkpol pic.twitter.com/9b4YJzyPlj
— Anders Frandsen (@AndersFrandsen1) March 3, 2016
Access to Christiansborg was temporarily closed during the situation but doors were opened again just after 1pm, TV2 reported.
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