Suspected dangerous item found at Israeli embassy in Stockholm

A suspected dangerous object has been found outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, reported Xinhua, quoting Swedish Television (SVT) on Wednesday.

Rebecca Landberg, press spokesperson of the Swedish police was quoted by SVT as saying that the object was assessed as a genuine explosive device, and it had been destroyed on the spot.

Landberg told SVT that the object was placed by the fence of the embassy area, and that it was the embassy personnel who found the item.

The police have reportedly started a preliminary investigation.