Police destroyed a backpack containing explosives found in the center of Stockholm late Sunday evening, a Swedish official said.

An explosive device was found in a park in the Swedish capital, one of the venues for the city’s annual cultural festival (August 17-21).

“Police have determined that a bag found on Sunday in Kungstradgården contained explosives,” the statement said.

The area was cordoned off and the device was disabled by pyrotechnics. “Now all its components will be checked. Only after they are fully examined by the National Crime Investigation Center will we be able to say whether the dangerous object was operational,” explained Erik Åkerlund, police chief in Normala, Stockholm.

^{Sources: REUTERS, APE-MPE.}