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US Embassy, Nearby Area Evacuated In Fake Bomb Alarm In Oslo
[Iran Press TV] Norwegian authorities have ordered the evacuation of the US embassy in Oslo and an area in the center of the capital following the discovery of a suspicious object under a vehicle nearby."The Oslo police bomb squad has removed the object and can confirm that it was a dummy bomb," the News Agency that Dare Not be Named cited a police statement on Tuesday. "The car has been used for an internal drill at the embassy, and the find can be connected to this," the statement said. The discovery of the device by security guards also led to the evacuation of the royal palace, the halting of subway traffic in the area, and the cancellation of an international children's soccer game at nearby Voldslokka Stadium so that the police could use the field for helicopters. Norway has stepped up security after last year's bomb and gun carnage by anti-Islam terrorist Anders Behring Breivik. On July 22, 2011, Breivik set off a car boom outside government buildings in Oslo, killing eight people, before going to Utoeya Island, northwest of the capital, where he shot and killed another 69 people, mostly teenagers. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-08-01 |
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