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Flights to Sofia's Old Terminal Diverted to New Terminal Due to Bomb Scare

Sofia, December 1 (BTA) - Terminal 1 of the Sofia Airport was sealed off Tuesday due to suspicions that a van parked nearby, had a bomb in it, the Interior Ministry said. No bomb was found by a specialized team but the airport diverted all Terminal 1 flights to Terminal 2 for the rest of the day.

No flights have been cancelled.

The suspicious van was parked at Terminal 1 by a passenger who boarded a flight at 05:00 hrs on Tuesday morning, police said. At 16:00 hrs a part of the luggage from the van was blown up in a controlled explosion.

The head of the Border Police, Antonio Nikolov, said that the passenger was a foreign national but would not disclose his identity.