RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - An anti-bomb squad at the Olympic Games in Rio de detonated an unattended backpack near the end of the cycling course on Saturday, a spokeswoman for the public security department said.
Officials expect the bag may have belonged to a homeless man, but protocol requires any unattended objects to be destroyed, she said. The controlled blast occurred at 1:45 p.m. (12:45 p.m. EDT), the spokeswoman said.
Twitter users have posted more pictures:
Grupo Antibom vlakbij finish Copacabana in actie. via @TerreurMonitorpic.twitter.com/c9AGptpxtw#Rio2016#RioOlympics2016
— Raymond Kerckhoffs (@raykerckhoffs) August 6, 2016
NOTA: Escuadrón antibombas realiza explosión controlada en Copacabana #LaAficiónEnRíohttps://t.co/7cw7J8LuLppic.twitter.com/6MKCFYoAKl
— La Afición (@laaficion) August 6, 2016SEE ALSO: A refugee who was swimming for her life to escape Syria one year ago is now swimming in the Olympics
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