The Latest: Man Dies in Explosion Outside Stockholm Subway

in news •  7 years ago 

Swedish national broadcaster SVT says a man has died after he picked up an unidentified object from the ground near a subway station in Stockholm that detonated in his hand.
Swedish police search the area outside Varby Gard metro station, in Stockholm, near to where two people were injured by some kind of explosion, Sunday Jan. 7, 2018. An unidentified explosive device is reported to have detonated Sunday, injuring at least two people. (Henrik Montgomery / TT via AP) The Associated Press
HELSINKI (AP) — The Latest on an explosion near a subway in Stockholm (all times local):
3:05 p.m.
Swedish national broadcaster SVT says a man has died after he picked up an unidentified object from the ground near a subway station in Stockholm that detonated in his hand.
Swedish police could not immediately confirm the death.
Stockholm region police spokesman Sven-Erik Olsson says the explosion took place Sunday morning just outside the Varby Gard subway station in Huddinge — a residential district in greater Stockholm. He says a woman with the man received minor wounds to her face and both legs from the blast.
Police are examining the object.

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