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Letter bomb sent to police station

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6 years ago

December 6, 2018

Norwegian police said Thursday they had defused a potentially devastating letter bomb that had been sent to a police station , a rare incident in the tranquil Scandinavian country .The Ski police station, located southeast of Oslo, was evacuated early Wednesday after an employee alerted superiors to a suspicious package .

It turned out to contain a homemade bomb primed to explode when the package was opened .

“ A real bomb that could , and was designed to , harm people , ” police commissioner Steven Hasseldal told reporters .
“ This is a very serious crime . We consider it an attack against the police that could have caused a lot of damage , ” he said .

A bomb disposal unit defused the device .

Police said they had no suspects at this stage .

This type of incident is extremely rare in Norway , where police are generally respected and where officers are usually unarmed .

( AFP )