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Police observed that the airplane he was attempting to board was going to outside of the United States, but they did not specify which countries or what his final destination was read more
 "Hawaii airport evacuated after grenades discovered in man's baggage")
Officers cleared the terminal on Tuesday while the bomb squad looked into the suspected objects found during X-ray screening
According to a report on CBS News, explosives were discovered in a man’s carry-on luggage, resulting in the stunning incidence of Hawaii Airport in the United States being evacuated. Two things that looked like grenades were seized in a backpack belonging to a male Japanese national who was leaving the country, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
Officers cleared the terminal on Tuesday while the bomb squad looked into the suspected objects found during X-ray screening. “The Hilo International Airport experienced a brief halt in operations” for slightly more than an hour, according to the police.
Police said that the bomb squad “determined the items to be inert grenades,” which meant that there was no danger. Akito Fukushima, of Kanazawa, Japan, was reportedly arrested by the authorities on a charge of making first-degree terrorist threats.
“Responding to the 5:44 a.m. call, officers secured and evacuated the terminal area as a precautionary safety measure while the department’s bomb squad arrived on scene and determined the items to be inert grenades. At 6:45 a.m., police arrested 41-year-old Akito Fukushima of Kanazawa, Japan, for first-degree terroristic threatening. Fukushima was transported to HPD’s East Hawaii Detention Facility and remains in custody while Detectives of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continue the investigation. The airport resumed operations at 6:50 a.m,” the Hawaii Police Department in a press release.
Police observed that the airplane he was attempting to board was going to outside of the United States, but they did not specify which countries or what his final destination was. “Police remind the public that replicas of explosives, such as hand grenades, are prohibited in checked and carry-on baggage,” they stated.
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