Norway says its embassy in Beirut evacuated over bomb threat

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Norway’s embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut has been evacuated on Thursday following a bomb threat, the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs said.

“We can confirm that the building where the Norwegian embassy in Beirut is located has received a bomb threat today,” the Norwegian ministry said in an emailed statement.

“Only a few Norwegian diplomats are now in Beirut, and everyone at the embassy is safe and sound,” it added.

(Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, writing by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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