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Pak origin Canadian citizen detained after bomb threat on Toronto-Karachi plane | A Canadian citizen of Pakistani origin has been reportedly
detained after a Pakistan-bound plane, carrying 273 passengers, made an emergency landing at Stockholm's Arlanda airport because of a bomb threat on board.
According
to reports, Stockholm police has detained the man on suspicion of planning to
blow up the Boeing 777 Pakistan International Airlines plane flying from Toronto
to Karachi . Passengers have been evacuated from the plane, and police are
questioning
the suspect. Stockholm police spokesman Janne Hedlund said that no explosives
had been found on the man, but his baggage was being searched, Sky News reports.
"The man is of Pakistani descent. We have taken the suspect. We are going to
interview
him," Hedlund added. The unscheduled landing came after a woman called Canadian
police, and said that there was a man on board who may be carrying explosives
with him. Canadian police then contacted the pilot, who requested permission to
land at Sweden 's Arlanda airport.
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