Hawaii airport evacuated over Japanese man's grenades

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2024-07-11T00:53:49+05:00 News Desk

A Hawaii airport was briefly evacuated after a Japanese man was found with two inert grenades in his hand luggage, police said following his arrest.


Officers cleared the terminal on Tuesday while a bomb squad moved in to investigate the suspicious items, which were picked up on an X-ray machine.


"The Hilo International Airport experienced a brief halt in operations" for little over an hour, Hawaii police said in a statement.


The bomb squad "determined the items to be inert grenades," police reported, meaning they were not dangerous.


A 41-year-old Japanese man was arrested on a "terroristic threatening" charge and remains in custody, the force said.


"Police remind the public that replicas of explosives, such as hand grenades, are prohibited in checked and carry-on baggage."

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