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Nuuk airport evacuated after bomb threat, one person arrested, Greenland police say

By Thomson Reuters Apr 21, 2026 | 12:47 PM

COPENHAGEN, April 21 (Reuters) – The airport in Greenland’s ​capital Nuuk ‌was evacuated on Tuesday following a bomb threat and ‌one ​person ⁠has been ⁠arrested in the case, police said.

Asked by Reuters, they ​declined to say whether ⁠they ⁠had found any ​dangerous object on ​the premises of ‌the airport and made no further comment ⁠on the matter.

Such incidents are extremely rare ⁠in ‌Greenland, a ⁠vast semi-autonomous ​Arctic ‌island that is ​part of ⁠the kingdom of Denmark.

(Reporting by Louise Rasmussen, editing by Gareth ​Jones)