Sweden's Skavsta Airport alarm lifted

Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-01 20:43:22|Editor: ying
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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The alarm at Skavsta Airport in Nykoping, south of Stockholm, was lifted on Wednesday, after examination of a suspected explosive object, Swedish Television reported on Wednesday.

"The latest information is that there is no danger and my guess is that we are back inside the premises soon," Joakim Lindholm, vice president at Skavsta Airport, told Swedish TT News Agency.

Earlier, around at 12 o'clock, people at the airport were evacuated due to a suspected explosive object.

"The airport terminal at Stockholm Skavsta Airport has been temporarily evacuated Wednesday for about an hour due to a suspected explosive object found in the security check," the airport said on its website.

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