Police in the Norwegian capital of Oslo set off a controlled explosion of a “bomb-like” device they discovered in the downtown Groenland area on Saturday night.
The police tweeted that they had cordoned off the area and arrested a suspect.
No injuries have been reported following the detonation. The device appeared to be capable of causing only limited damage, according to the police.
Norway has been on high alert after a truck tore through a crowd, killing four people and injuring another 15 in a suspected terrorist attack in Stockholm, in the neighboring country of Sweden, on Friday.
The device, about 30 by 30 centimeters, was discovered by a police patrol that stopped a suspicious man in connection with it, said police commander Svein Arild Jorundland.
Police cordoned off an area and arrested a man after the discovery of "bomb-like" device in Oslo, Norway April 8, 2017. /CFP Photo
The site was just outside the Groenland underground station and less than a kilometer away from Oslo’s main police station.
It is a busy multi-ethnic neighborhood, home to bars and restaurants as well as several mosques. The police evacuated people from the business district after discovery of the device.
A large section of central Oslo, where right-wing extremist Anders Breivik killed eight people with a bomb attack in 2011, was cordoned off for further investigation.
The police refused to give any further details about the suspect or the device.
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