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Bomb threat on bus: Driver: ”Then he said,’There’s a bomb on the bus”

A bus at Hästtorget was evacuated after a threat. The police cordoned off the area and bomb disposal experts have examined the bus. A man has been taken into custody.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 11 juni 2020
Shortly Before 11 o’clock on Wednesday the police cordoned off an area in the centre of Kristianstad.
Shortly Before 11 o’clock on Wednesday the police cordoned off an area in the centre of Kristianstad.Foto: Lasse Ottosson

Shortly Before 11 o’clock on Wednesday the police cordoned off an area in the centre of Kristianstad. A bus was evacuated after a man had made threats. Bomb disposal experts were called to the scene.

”We asked him if he had a ticket. He said, ’There’s a bomb on the bus’, and then he jumped off the bus. I didn’t know if he was lying”, says bus-driver Ahmad Khassem, here speaking to the police.
”We asked him if he had a ticket. He said, ’There’s a bomb on the bus’, and then he jumped off the bus. I didn’t know if he was lying”, says bus-driver Ahmad Khassem, here speaking to the police.

The regional bus to Malmö was ready to leave Kristianstad bus station at 10:40. The driver, Ahmad Khasseh, was talking to one of Skånetrafiken’s inspectors. One passenger was already on board. Another passenger, a young man, went to the upper deck of the bus.

”I thought, if anything happens on the bus, it’s my responsibility. Everyone on board has a family”
Ahmad Khasseh, bus-driver
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– We asked him if he had a ticket. He said, ”There’s a bomb on the bus”, and then he jumped off the bus. I didn’t know if he was lying, says Ahmad.

– First I checked the bus, then I drove here from the station. But then I thought, if anything happens on the bus, it’s my responsibility. Everyone on board has a family. I couldn’t just put it out of my mind and drive off. I phoned my employers, and they told me to stop immediately.

A bus at Hästtorget was evacuated after a threat
A bus at Hästtorget was evacuated after a threatFoto: Lasse Hansson

The bus company Transdev called the police, who reached Hästtorget within minutes and cordoned off a fairly large area.

Ahmad Khassem has been a bus driver for a year and a half, but has never experienced anything like this before.

– I’ve been in Sweden for almost four years. Sweden has done a lot for me.

Were you afraid when you were threatened?

– I’m never afraid.

The police have arrested the man who made the threat. He is suspected of unlawfully threatening a group of people.
The police have arrested the man who made the threat. He is suspected of unlawfully threatening a group of people.Foto: Lasse Ottosson
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