Copenhagen airport terminal evacuated over suspect bag
Incident comes hours after Danish police raised country's threat level by one notch to second-highest level
Policemen stand outside terminal 3 at Kastrup airport in Copenhagen on November 18, 2015. PHOTO: AFP
COPENHAGEN:
Danish police evacuated one of two terminals at Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport on Wednesday because of a suspicious bag, airport officials and police said.
"Terminal 3 has been evacuated. A suspicious bag has been reported. Police are investigating," airport spokesperson Sisse Hansen told AFP.
"We are heading to a suspicious situation at Kastrup airport. Terminal 3 evacuated," police confirmed on Twitter.
The incident came just hours after Danish police raised the country's threat level by one notch to the second-highest level, citing the elevated risk of a terrorist attack after last week's Paris attacks.
Danish police evacuated one of two terminals at Copenhagen's Kastrup Airport on Wednesday because of a suspicious bag, airport officials and police said.
"Terminal 3 has been evacuated. A suspicious bag has been reported. Police are investigating," airport spokesperson Sisse Hansen told AFP.
"We are heading to a suspicious situation at Kastrup airport. Terminal 3 evacuated," police confirmed on Twitter.
The incident came just hours after Danish police raised the country's threat level by one notch to the second-highest level, citing the elevated risk of a terrorist attack after last week's Paris attacks.