A German man has been arrested at Landvetter airport

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The suspect, a German national, set off airport scanners while attempting to get on a flight around 8am on Thursday at Gothenburg's Landvetter airport.

Police spokesman Peter Adlersson said the man was stopped as he tried to get onto a flight to another European Union state.

The bomb squad was called after several packets of explosive TATP, often nicknamed 'Satan's mother', was discovered.

Security shut down part of Landvetter airport as bomb squads investigated if the containers were safe to move.