Fake bomb causes evacuation of Dutch parliament building
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 03:56 | 13 April 2023
- Modified Date: 03:56 | 13 April 2023
The Dutch parliament building was evacuated for a short while on Thursday afternoon after a bomb alert that turned out to be false.
Local police said an explosives team had investigated a package at the building in downtown The Hague and had subsequently allowed people to re-enter, about an hour after they had been ordered to leave.
Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders said a fake bomb addressed to him had been the cause of the evacuation.
"A package with a teddy bear and wires addressed to me was delivered to the mail room of parliament", Wilders said in a post on Twitter.
"Luckily without explosives and not dangerous, but certainly no fun."
Wilders, whose far-right Freedom Party has become the Netherlands' second-largest, has been living under tight security measures for years due to death threats.
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