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Landvetter Airport outside Gothenburg, Sweden, has been placed on lockdown after the discovery – with all passengers evacuated.

Cops discovered a suspicious bag in the departure lounge which has been found to have "traces" of explosives.

Police are awaiting the arrival of the bomb squad to confirm the discovery.

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Police spokesman Anders Porelius confirmed the discovery and a cordon of 200 metres has been set-up around the bag.

Mikael Andersson, station commander of the border police, said the "whole departure lounge" has been shut down by the police.

Witnesses described the scene as "crawling" with police as the incident is dealt with.

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Witness Viktor Ingemarsson said: "It feels very worrying. There seems to be an object, perhaps a bomb of some sort."

Sweden was hit by terrorists last month when a truck attacker killed four people in the Ahlens Mall in Stockholm.

Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old rejected asylum seeker, had sympathised with jihadi terror nuts ISIS.