Not explosive – suitcase outside the synagogue was empty – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Police in Oslo traveled today to Bergstien in Oslo to check out a suitcase is left outside the Jewish synagogue.

The suitcase was empty, according to police at about 11 pm. Gata where the suitcase was found, was blocked off for several hours.

Also bomb group investigated the site.

– The suitcase is placed close to the Synagogue in Bergstien, and police have cordoned off an area around synagogue in anticipation of that bomb group will examine it closer, said operations manager Vidar Pedersen Oslo police NTB at 08 o’clock.

left at 4 o’clock

On Twitter writes police that there may be traffic problems in the area.

police have seen surveillance photos from the site. They show that the suitcase was left at 04 o’clock in the night.

– It’s a swarthy man who puts down the suitcase and leave the place. This is a person wearing dark clothes and shoes, said operations manager Tor Grøttum the Oslo police.

The Jewish community told NTB that they think the police handled the situation in a good way.

thankful

– We are very grateful to the police quick reaction to the situation that has arisen, said director Michael Gritzman in the Jewish community while bomb group investigated the suspicious suitcase .

Also in March last year jerked bomb group out of the synagogue. At that time, a man was seen running out of the building opposite the synagogue.

The man was carrying an object that he put down behind the synagogue. Object proved to be a bag without dangerous content. In September 2006, the synagogue was shot at, and posted guards in the area were then amplified