Police give Copenhagen Airport all clear after evacuating Terminal three over suspicious bag
Update: Danish police have brought the Copenhagen Airport security alert to an end, confirming there are no signs of any explosive devices on the site.
Terminal three at Copenhagen Airport was evacuated because of a suspicious bag. Police arrived "in strength" because of "suspicious circumstances", and evacuated part of the airport when they found a bag they believed to be suspicious, local media reported.
Two police mini-buses filled with "police in bulletproof vests" attended the scene.
Vi er til et mistænkeligt forhold i lufthavnen, Kastrup. Terminal 3 rømmes. Intet yderligere pt. #politi.dk
— Københavns Politi (@KobenhavnPoliti) November 18, 2015
One local newspaper reported that police shouted "Everybody get out", claiming this then led to additional panic.
But, two hours later, the police admitted they might have jumped the gun, saying in a tweet that it had been responding to "overheard talk about a bomb".
https://twitter.com/KobenhavnPoliti/status/666963873669455873
Talk of a threat was "possibly a joke between two passengers, which the police took seriously," one paper reported.
The entire terminal was now closed, and flight departures moved to other terminals. The airport's metro station was also closed.
Copenhagen Airport said delays were expected.
Police has evacuated T3 due to a suspicious bag. We have moved all possible check-ins to T2, but delays are expected. Keep up on cph.dk.
— Copenhagen Airport (@CPHAirports) November 18, 2015
The incident came just hours after Danish police raised the country's threat level to the second-highest, in the wake of the attacks on Paris last Friday in which 129 people were killed.
Earlier today, two Air France flights from the US were diverted after a bomb threat was made. The FBI later declared the threats to be hoaxes.
Last night a friendly football match between Germany and Holland was called off after police reported "concrete" threats of a bomb.
More to follow…