The Independent UK
written by AP staff writer
Monday September 17, 2012
A bag of explosives was found on a street of the Danish capital Copenhagen early today and bomb specialists were attempting to determine its origin.
Police sealed off the street in the Sydhavn district of Copenhagen after the bag was discovered by a passer-by in the early hours, while dogs searched the area for potentially more explosives.
"Something points to the explosive being of military origin," police Deputy Chief Superintendent Henrik Jakobsen said.
"Specialists are now analysing the explosive while police are trying to determine how it has ended up in the middle of a Copenhagen street," he said.
Denmark has foiled several attempted militant attacks since daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons lampooning the Prophet Mohammad in 2005.
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The Copenhagen Post
written by Staff
Monday September 17, 2012
BREAKING | Police say danger has passed after the military secure a bag of explosives that was found on the street this morning.
Explosives were discovered by a pedestrian early this morning in Copenhagen's Sydhavn district.
Police received a phone call at 05:38 about the explosives on Borgmester Christiansens Gade and quickly evacuated buildings near the find and closed off the street to traffic.
Bomb sniffing dogs and military explosives experts were called in to investigate and the fire service was also on hand nearby.
The bag of explosives was found several hundred meters from the busy street Sydhavnsgade and several bus routes had to be diverted.
The police said it was a “substantial” find of explosives, though it did not pose a threat to people as they were not prepared to go off.
The military's explosives experts secured the find by placing it in a blast proof trailer that they drove away.
After establishing that there were no more explosives on the street, police reopened the street a little after 8am.
The police are now investigating how military explosives ended up in the south Copenhagen industrial district.
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