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Bomb alert in Geneva, man detained


    GENEVA (Reuters) - Geneva police said on Saturday they had detained a man who stopped a tram in the Swiss city and was found to be carrying radical Islamist literature.

    Police closed off the area while a bomb disposal unit inspected his two shopping bags, Geneva police spokesMAN (MAN.XE)Christophe Fortis told Reuters.

    The bomb alert, which halted traffic, coincided with a pro-Palestinian demonstration set to be held in front of the U.N. European headquarters in Geneva at 0100 BST.

    (Reporting by Marina Depetris and Tom Miles, Writing by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Catherine Evans)