After about six hours of work and evacuation of about a hundred places, the police lifted the cordon around Vagnmakaregatan in Utby. The suspected bomb will now be analyzed.
Police in Gothenburg blocked on Saturday morning by an area of Vagnmakaregatan in Utby. Just before 10:00 am, the police could lift the barriers.
– The action on the site is called off. The suspect dangerous object has been picked up by a robot and will now undergo a technical analysis. The object is designed in such a way that it should look like a dangerous objects. We have x-rayed object, placed it in a bombproof wagon and shall, as soon as possible to carry out a technical examination. Our preliminary assessment is that there is something dangerous objects. says Björ Blixter, police spokesman.
During the police operation was evacuated hundreds of residents within the restricted area, with a safety distance of 300 meters. They were evacuated to Fjällboskolan. At 10:00 pm they received notification that the danger was over and they could return home.
The evacuation was necessary for the police bomb technician could initiate a closer examination of the object.
During the operation said Björ Blixter, spokesman at the Gothenburg police that he almost wanted to describe the suspected hazardous object.
– It just know we and perpetrators. But the object is done in a way so that it will be perceived as dangerous. Because it suspected hazardous object is at a gas station, we can not shoot down it, which we otherwise do, say Björ Blixter.
Police background description of the event and the insert was as follows:
A guardian go on alert to a gas station / automatic station at Vagnmakaregatan. The security guard then has received an alarm about possible burglary at the toll station. On site security guard finds that there is damage to the toll station but also that there is an object placed on the site that do not belong there.
The watchman contacting the police. Via including image transfer and connection with bomb technicians so it is judged by the police that the object be dangerous. Added to this is also the location at a gas station. The estimated safety distance is 300 meters.
At 5:45 decide police about so-called special event via on-call police chief. Roadblocks set up on location with regard to the safety distance. Policies require that local residents had to be evacuated. The extent of the number of people estimated to be about 100 people who have moved. The streets affected are the present sailmaker Way, Fjällbogatan and Salt Meters Way. Buses procured to carry out the action. Emergency services and ambulance are on the site.
Police bomb group is working also attended at the site. Can not say how long the work will take and closures will be in place, according to the police report.
Since the end of the operation says Björ Blixter coordination between mainly police, emergency services, municipalities with Ambulance worked very well.
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