Police have arrested an asylum seeker who climbed on to the roof of a refugee centre in Denmark and threatened to blow himself up.
It was unclear whether the claim was credible but it sparked a
lockdown around the building in the city of Nyborg and a ban on aircraft
flying overhead.
Armed police were dispatched and other residents of the asylum centre
were evacuated as negotiators tried to talk the man down for more than
two hours.
A spokesperson for Funen Police said the man, a 22-year-old asylum seeker from Iran, was arrested “without drama”.
“It was reportedly heartbreak that caused the man to threaten to blow himself up,” a statement said.
“Funen Police will now start to question him and investigate the circumstances of the case.”
Police were called at 11.15am local time (10.15am BST) and the incident was resolved around two-and-a-half hours later.
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