| A paper bag found at Paphos airport contained bullets, a battery, a switch, a pin and inflammable liquid - some but not all of the components required to make an improvised bomb. The package had been place by its owner, who has not come forward, on an x-ray belt for hand luggage. "It was a mechanism which appeared to be an explosive (device) but it has been checked," deputy police chief Sotiris Charalambous said. Mr Charalambous said none of the items could, on their own, create an explosive device. Two senior Cypriot officials said they believe Cyprus is "being tested" for its security vigilance, but they declined to state by whom. Asked who may have placed the bag there and why, a police source said: "It is very likely someone is testing us. That is one of our lines of inquiry." The airport, on Cyprus’s western coast, is the smallest of two air terminals. The Paphos district is going to host many British athletes for warm weather training ahead of the Olympics in Athens. |