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Gothenburg One of Gothenburg’s social welfare offices in Goteborg is a victim of a bomb threat.
- We have not been able to rule out that the bag contains a dangerous object, said police spokesperson Stefan Gustafsson.
According to the Head of the Social Office is a large bag with any kind of broadcasting equipment placed in the room.
A social welfare office in Goteborg threatened on Wednesday. It should be according to the police move on a suspected dangerous objects. Just before 20:00 police said that the bomb group to smash the windows of the building where the object is – to prepare a controlled explosion. When it was done at 20:15 o’clock was stated then that the bag was harmless. All closures were lifted at 21:50.
– National bombing protection have been alerted and are on their way to the scene, told Stefan Gustafsson shortly after the alarm.
According to police, a man should have put a bag inside the reception to the social welfare office.
– One person has been on the social services office and relinquished bag, says Stefan Gustafsson.
left patch
When the person left the bag with the suspicious object is also a patch has been submitted that contains threats to the office and staff.
the suspected perpetrator is identified by police but has not yet been arrested. The social welfare office has been vacated and the area is cordoned off.
The national bomb group is now in place in Gothenburg and examine the bag.
Bag with broadcasting equipment
Helge Piri is head of the social services office in Goteborg. He says that there were two people who came into the office when the case was handed over.
– It’s nasty, it’s happening. There were two people at the front desk and put into a large plastic bag with some type of broadcasting equipment, says Helge Piri, which is outside the vacated office.
At 21:15 o’clock says Helge Piri he does not know about it is true that it will move about two people.
it was second-hand information I got, I do not know if it was one or two people, he says.
According to the Head of Unit, the threat is likely to be a negative decision to make.
– It has to do with a rejection decision. The staff who have been involved in that case is obviously jumpy today, he says.
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Andreas Göransson, 28, lives in an apartment next to the Social Office apartments in the property. He says that the police have evacuated the residents in the area.
– It is in the lock of the house. I had just run up and get my computer. It feels uncomfortable, said Andreas Göransson shortly after the alarm.
50 people evacuated
At 17:00 police said that around 50 people have been evacuated, many of them will be older people.
The police have also ordered a bus to the site to take care of the evacuees.
At 18 o’clock was the suspect still at large. According to Stefan Gustafsson is a man known by the Social Office staff previously.
– We are looking for him and of course a great interest in getting hold of him. Otherwise we will be quite secretive about the matter during the current bet, says Stefan Gustafsson.
Shocked
At 17:20 o’clock stated Andreas Göransson, who were evacuated from their homes, a car bomb by the police team arrived at the site.
– It came and swung by here and then drove around to the other side of the house. I can not see it anymore because of the barricades, says Andreas Göransson.
Approximately one hour after the alarm tells Andrew that he is still shocked over the incident.
– It’s obviously not good that there has been a bomb threat directed against a portion of the property where I live. I’m still a little shocked. At the same time, I trust that the police know what they are doing, says Andreas Göransson.
Car and vessel traffic is turned off
At 17:40 o’clock extended their police cordons around the social welfare office under the GP’s reporter at the scene. According to the police Kustgatan in Gothenburg now sealed off from the top of the street down to the Shell gas station.
Police said that the evacuation of the places still ongoing in the area. When evacuation is complete, will Oscar trail in Gothenburg to be cordoned off. Marine Police checks at the same time that no boats going into the area which the police deem as a risk area.
Even public transport is affected by bomb threat. Dispatchers from Västtrafik are according to police at the site and leads on traffic. In addition the police are also rescue services and ambulance at the scene. Shortly before 20 o’clock Västtrafik announced in a press release that since Karl Johansgatan between Jeagerdorffsplatsen is off, the line three and line nine instead to run through Ekedal. Line 90 will run through Fiskhamnsgatan writes Västtrafik.
police spokesman Hans Lippens says that even the Stena Line Germany terminal may be sealed off.
– The ferry is about to unload it and we let it do the peace and quiet. Since disappears after it is where’s the problem solved automatically, told Hans Lippens at 18:10 o’clock.
At 19:13 o’clock keeps bomb group to smash windows at the social welfare office – and prepares for controlled blasting.
The police must have touched the object before blasting and due to the risk of detonation blocked by the rest of Kustgatan up to Taube Street. Even the traffic down on the trail will be turned off, said police at the scene. At 20:29 o’clock announces GP’s reporter that they hope will soon be able to lift the barriers.
At 19:40, they have extended the cordon further and extends from Taube Way down to Jaegerdorff, 300 meters in each direction, police said.
At 20:15 o’clock conducted bomb group controlled shooting against the suspect bag. It should have been heard a small bang. Police in the bomb suit to check the bag’s contents. They also do an assessment if they need to postpone the bag again, says GP’s reporter on the scene.
At 21 o’clock the police announced that maritime traffic has been released and that the suspect has not yet been arrested. Police headlining the event as aggravated assault against the group.
At 21:15 o’clock says GP’s reporter that the police should have said that they do not emphasize the barricades before they received notice that everything is calm. They must still investigate the suspicious bag’s contents. The road down to the trail remains closed.
Just before 21:30 says GP’s reporter that the police highlights the barriers, but to retain cordons around the scene of the crime at the social services office, which means that residents in the area have not yet been returned to their homes. The traffic rolls on as usual.
At 21:50 the National bombers guard announced that the bag is safe.
– It is designated as harmless, but it still requires a technical study to conclude that there was nothing in this bag that was explosive, says Stefan Gustafsson.
All cordons around the building has been lifted. The social welfare office continues to be cordoned off.
At 23:30 pm, the police had not yet arrested the person suspected of having left the bag.
– No arrest has been made so we are in the same position as before, says Stefan Gustafsson.
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