Police: Bag Found at Stockholm Festival Had an Explosive

Police: Bag Found at Stockholm Festival Had an Explosive
Performers from the Aquanauts with Circus Cirkor, take part in an act as they hang over the middle of the Lilla Vartan waters running between the Royal Opera and Stockholm Palace as part of the Stockholm's Cultural Festival on Aug. 14, 2018. Anders Wiklund/AFP via Getty Images
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STOCKHOLM—A bag with an explosive charge was found in a Stockholm park during an annual cultural festival and police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted public destruction, police in Sweden said on Monday.

On Sunday, a bag was found and its content was immediately “assessed as dangerous.” The surrounding area was cordoned off and traffic was temporarily rerouted, police said. A bomb squad neutralized the content of the bag on the spot.