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Sweden on BOMB ALERT - Malmo rocked by EXPLOSION after HAND GRENADE detonated

AN EXPLOSION has rocked the troubled Swedish city of Malmo as police sealed off a block of flats and deployed a bomb squad to the scene. 

By CHARLIE PEAT

PUBLISHED: 00:00, Tue, Feb 28, 2017 | UPDATED: 07:12, Tue, Feb 28, 2017

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Malmo has been rocked by a suspected grenade attack

According to local reports a suspected hand grenade was detonated in Lindangen area of the city, sending shrapnel flying into the air.

Swedish police received calls regarding the explosion at 9.19pm on Monday night from people living in the suburb.

Police spokesperson Calle Persson: “We got calls from two people with five minutes apart.

"We think it's a hand grenade that's been detonated. National bombing protection has been alerted to the scene."

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We think it's a hand grenade that's been detonated 

Calle Persson

Police have secured the area and one adult has been taken to hospital, Expressen reports.

It is not known whether he was the target of the explosion.

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The explosion caused windows to smash in the block of flats

The spokesperson added that police have "four squads and a dog unit" at the scene.

One man is said to have received shrapnel injuries to the legs.

According to Swedish media, the event has been described as an attempted murder.

The incident comes just hours after a suspected hand grenade was found in Europe’s Silicon Valley near a Swedish shopping centre.

The bomb squad moved in to remove the dangerous object found in a rubbish bin at about 10.30am near the police headquarters in Kista, a district in Stockholm which is the world’s second largest ICT cluster after California’s Silicon Valley.

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Bomb experts tested the suspected hazardous object, local newspaper SVT said.

Town Hägg, a spokesman for Stockholm Police, said: “The dangerous object was found in Kista Square where the police station is. 

“We received an alarm from SOS alarms.

“Now, we will examine the object.”