SWEDISH POLICE CLOSED OFF PART OF THE CAPITAL ON SUNDAY AFTER RESIDENTS REPORTED SEEING A MAN WITH A SUSPECTED BOMB STRAPPED TO HIS WAIST. "THE MAN WAS REPORTED AS HAVING SOME KIND OF EXPLOSIVE ON A BELT ROUND HIS STOMACH," A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAID. ONE OF THE WITNESSES SAID THE MAN LOOKED STRANGE AND WAS CRYING. "THE MAN HAD SOMETHING ROUND HIS WAIST AND SOMETHING IN HIS HAND," JASSER MOHAMMED ALI TOLD NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY TT BY PHONE. "HE TOLD US TO GO INTO THE SHOP AND WE DID ... I CAN SEE THE MAN FROM HERE, SITTING AND DRINKING SOMETHING AND TALKING TO THE POLICE." POLICE SAID THE MAN HAD TOLD THEM HE HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED THREE DAYS AGO AND HAD EXPLOSIVE ROUND HIS WAIST. A BOMB SQUAD HAD BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE, POLICE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING BY REUTERS.
