Would-be bomber causing Stockholm lock-down surrenders to police


  • World
  • Friday, 20 Jun 2014

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A man who had threatened to set off explosives in the heart of Stockholm on Thursday, prompting an hours-long lockdown in the Swedish capital, finally gave himself up to police, a spokesman said.

Police sealed off large parts of the city and evacuated buildings as they negotiated with the man holed up inside a building near the headquarters of the main ruling political party, the Moderates, saying he was carrying explosives.

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