A bomb scare, a knife-wielding man and domestic violence: Brisbane Airport chaos

A bomb scare, a knife-wielding man and domestic violence: Brisbane Airport chaos

Order has been restored at Brisbane Airport after its international terminal was evacuated due to a bomb hoax over the weekend.

At around 9pm on Saturday night, police were called to Brisbane Airport’s international terminal following reports of a man in the food court, armed with a knife who was threatening a woman who is known to him.

Police allege that upon their arrival, they also located a suspicious device and proceeded to evacuate the area.

An exclusion zone was declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act as specialist police examined the device and deemed it to be non-suspicious. The exclusion zone was revoked at 11pm.

A second exclusion zone was declared at the Bruce Bishop Carpark in Surfers Paradise just after midnight and revoked at 1:45am.

Police allege the exclusion zone in Surfers Paradise was a precaution related to the Brisbane Airport incident.

A Brisbane Airport spokeswoman told the media that flights delays were between one and three hours on Saturday night as a result of the bomb scare, with police giving the all-clear to reopen the international terminal around midnight.

Operations were back to normal at Brisbane Airport on Sunday morning.

A 50-year-old Surfers Paradise man has been charged with one count each of contravene a domestic violence order, stalking with a weapon, stealing and serious assault police.

He has also been charged with two counts each of making a false statement which can be inferred that there is a plan to damage or destroy a commonwealth air navigation facility, bomb hoax, and common assault.

The man is due to appear before the Brisbane Magistrate’s Court today.

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