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| Danish police block bridges and ferries to Sweden and Germany | Danish police block bridges and ferries to Sweden and Germany |
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| A police manhunt has shut down bridges to and from Denmark's largest and most populous island, authorities said. | A police manhunt has shut down bridges to and from Denmark's largest and most populous island, authorities said. |
| Local media say police are searching for a "dangerous" person, although authorities have not yet said who they are hunting. | Local media say police are searching for a "dangerous" person, although authorities have not yet said who they are hunting. |
| Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet however reports there has been a kidnapping, with police hunting a Swedish Volvo. | |
| The Great Belt Bridge in Denmark has been wholly closed to cars, while ferries and trains are also affected. | |
| Police armed with machine guns reportedly stopped a car on a motorway west of the capital Copenhagen (which is located on the island, Zealand), according to a photographer quoted in newspaper Berlingske Tidende. | |
| Dog patrols and a police helicopter are also reportedly near the scene. | |
| "I was in Danish police for 41 years and I have never experienced this sort of operation," former head of Danish intelligence Hans Jorgen Bonnichsen reportedly told Danish tabloid BT. | |
| Broadcaster TV2, however, says the police do not anticipate the operation will last long. | Broadcaster TV2, however, says the police do not anticipate the operation will last long. |
| Copenhagen Police have already tweeted that Copenhagen railway station will reopen while traffic information account TrafikNyt says trains are already running over the Oresund and Great Belt Bridges. |