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A 22-year-old Iranian national was seen holding a suspicious item in his hand on the roof.

Witnesses claimed he was talking to another man wearing a helmet and standing on a flat roof a few meters away.

The Iranian national has since been arrested. The other man's condition is unknown.

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The situation occured on the Danish island of Funen – where a flight ban was declared in the surrounding area.

The incident occured at Asylcentre Nyborg – with a capacity of around 500 occupants.

"The person is on the asylum centre’s roof.

"Police and emergency workers are on location and the residents of the centre are being evacuated," police have confirmed.

Authorities say the man lived at a different asylum center in Faaborg.

Denmark registered 21,000 asylum applications in 2015, making it one of the main EU destinations for refugees.

It comes after a string of shocking incidents across Europe this summer.

France was rocked to its core in July after a man drove a truck into a crowded street in Nice – killing 84 people.

The German city of Munich was then hit by a lone gunman – who killed 13 people outside a shopping centre.

And only last week, one woman and five others were injured by a knifeman in London's Russell Square.