STOCKHOLM, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Swedish Landvetter airport is evacuated after "traces of explosives" were found in a bag, local media reported on Monday.
A bomb group from the Swedish police are on their way to Landvetter Airport outside Gothenburg in western Sweden, after a suspicious object was found there Monday evening, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reported.
"Traces of explosive material were found," Swedavia Airports' press officer Anders Porelius told newspaper Goteborgs-Posten.
"A bag that was left by the information desk in the departure hall was found. We checked it out as we always do and the bag showed signs of explosive material when a trace analysis was done," he said.
Part of the departure hall has been cordoned off and emptied, according to Tommy Nyman, a police spokesperson.
"We cannot say what kind of object we are talking about. Our bomb technicians are on their way to examine the object," he said.
Police received the call at 8:30 p.m. Monday.
