Man arrested at airport after New Year's Eve bomb threat

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Man arrested at airport after New Years Eve bomb threat

Amsterdam - The airport said departure hall 3 was open again for operation.

By Reuters

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Published: Tue 1 Jan 2019, 6:18 AM

Last updated: Tue 1 Jan 2019, 10:02 AM

A departure hall at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport was briefly cleared on Monday after a man claimed to have a bomb, national police said in a statement.
No explosives were found at the airport, the police said, adding that the arrested person held for questioning is a 51-year-old Canadian man. The statement did not further identify the suspect.

Police said the man had been arrested and departure hall 3 had been cleared as a "precautionary measure".
The airport said departure hall 3 was open again for operation.


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