Swedish police free man from suspected bomb belt

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish police were preparing to
question a man on Sunday after bomb disposal experts removed a
suspected bomb that had been strapped round his waist, a police
spokesman said.

“We have been able to get the belt off him. The suspected
bomb is being driven away for examination,” the spokesman said.

Police earlier evacuated part of a suburb of the Swedish
capital after residents reported seeing a man with a suspected
bomb strapped to him.

Police said the man told them he had been kidnapped three
days ago and had explosive round his waist, and a bomb disposal
squad was called to the scene.

The national news agency TT said police would carry out
house-to-house searches during the evening before allowing
people living in the area where the man had first been seen to
return home.