Danish police operation temporarily shuts major bridges, ferries to Sweden and Germany
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish police temporarily shut two major bridges to traffic, Copenhagen’s main railway station and ferry services from Denmark to Sweden and Germany on Friday, in what a Swedish newspaper said was an operation linked to a kidnapping.
Vehicles sit in traffic after Oresund Bridge, near Copenhagen, is closed due to a police operation in Denmark September 28, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Nils Meilvang/via REUTERS
The police said on Twitter they were preparing to reopen the Oresund Bridge, which links Denmark and Sweden, and the railway station after the operation.
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An electronic display shows Oresund Bridge, near Copenhagen, is closed in Denmark September 28, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Nils Meilvang/via REUTERS
The police gave no explanation for the temporary closures but Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, quoting unnamed sources, said police were searching for a Volvo registered in Sweden in connection with a kidnapping.
The Danish armed forces also took part in the operation, a spokesman told Reuters, declining to give further comment.
Reporting by Teis Jensen and Emil Nielson; Editing by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gareth Jones
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