Kazakhstan, Astana, Dec. 23 /Trend D. Mukhtarov/
In Astana airport detained a young man threatened to blow up the airport, the press service of the Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan reported.
"On December 21 at 10.22 to the duty of the police line department at the airport Astana received a message from the post patrol, that unknown goes to the airport, which wears a vest with an improvised explosive device", - stated in a report of press service.
As stated in the press release, the duty specified outfit stopped the citizen. He demanded the departure to one of European countries, threatening to blow up himself.
The alarm was raised by the personnel of the line department police on the scene, officersща internal affairs in transportation, the city of Astana, CNS, Emergency and prosecutors went to the department.
"Under the pretext that the landing on the next plane is made from a different building, the police took him from the airport and took the 200 meters in the direction of the city", - the press-service reported.
Head of airport department contacted the unknown, persuaded him to sit in the patrol car and for the safety of passengers, personally evacuated to a safe distance in the direction of the village suburban garages Prigorodniy.
"After negotiations, the unknown in the car took off his jacket and headed for the police department building line. During the inspection engineers Special Response Unit Astana found that an improvised explosive device is a hoax" - said in the report.
The identity of the men was established. He was 18-year-old resident of Marrickville Akmola region, previous convictions for theft. The arrested person shall remain in the detention center, the question of a criminal case under Art. 242 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (deliberately false information about a terrorist act).