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| Angry ex behind PIA plane bomb hoax: report | |
| 2010-09-28 | |
[Dawn] An angry ex-girlfriend called in the hoax bomb alert to Canadian police at the weekend that forced a Pakistain-bound plane to make an emergency landing in Stockholm, a Swedish newspaper reported Monday.
The cleared suspect was going to Pakistain to get married and his ex had called Canadian police warning he was carrying explosives because she was unhappy with their separation, tabloid Aftonbladet wrote. "From what I understood, an ex came forward with the claim in connection with their separation. It was surely not a happy one," Stockholm police officer Haakan Westing, who could not be reached for comment Monday, told Aftonbladet. "She had an evil eye on him," he said, adding that according to the cleared suspect's written statement he was going to get married in Pakistain. Stockholm police front man Kjell Lindgren told AFP Monday the man was travelling to Pakistain "for personal reasons," but could not confirm he was going to get married or that an angry ex had tipped off Canadian authorities. "It's a theory," was all he would say. Lindgren said the man, who was detained but then released without charge after his plane had already left for Pakistain, was expected to leave Sweden Monday. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 There he stands, ladies and gentlemen, one of my favourite cynics! Well called, Pappy. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-09-28 18:20 |
| #1 Called it. (Not that I've had angry ex-girlfriends, mind you - at least ones who called in saying I had explosives...) |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-09-28 09:22 |