September 2, 2013 - 12:22 AMT
Bomb threat causes panic at Istanbul airport

A bomb threat caused brief panic at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport on Sept 2 morning when a 29-year-old man screamed he had a bomb in his vehicle in the parking lot, Hurriyet Daily News reports.

The car belonging to Mehmet Emin Akın, a Belgian citizen of Turkish origin, crashed into several vehicles at the international arrivals terminal of the Atatürk Airport in a jeep with Belgian license plates before removing luggage from his car and shouting: “There is a bomb in my car. Today is doomsday.”

Akın had a minor scuffle with a police officer who attempted to intervene in the incident. The suspect was detained shortly after and taken to the police branch office at the airport for questioning, the HDN says.

Police are investigating the incident.