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Article: Fed: Man faces charges after Parliament House bomb scare
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- August 31, 2002
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Fed: Man faces charges after Parliament House bomb scare
By Sharon Mathieson
CANBERRA, Aug 31 AAP - A 42-year-old man was expected to be charged
with trespassing
later today after bomb squad officers were called to inspect a stolen
van abandoned outside
Parliament House.
The building was shut to the public for more than three hours as
an Australian Federal
Police (AFP) bomb squad checked the van, which was covered in politically-
motivated graffiti.
Parliament House deputy security controller Shane Stroud said a
man drove the stolen
white van onto the forecourt at 10.45am (AEST).
"He then abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot," Mr Stroud said. ...