A man was arrested Thursday night for allegedly attempting to bring several bags of TATP explosives onto a plane departing from Landvetter airport in Sweden.
TATP, also known as the “Mother of Satan,” has been used in several terror attacks across Europe in recent years. The suspect was charged with attempting public destruction.
“We have seized his belongings and we’re working on analyzing them and the suspicious items,” police spokesman Peter Adlersson told newspaper Aftonbladet.
TATP was used in deadly terror attacks in Paris in 2015 and Brussels the following year. The material caused a house to explode one day before the terror attack in Barcelona Aug. 17. Police believe the explosives were meant to be part of the attack that killed 16 people.
Swedish police did not confirm that TATP was discovered in the man’s bag.
“I have no information on what kind of material it was,” Adlersson told Aftonbladet. “Even if I did I would not say it.”
Media reports claim the suspect is a German national in his early twenties.
“We won’t reveal his nationality, but he was traveling to another country within the EU,” Adlersson said.
Source: The Daily Caller