The man who caused chaos at Schiphol airport on Monday is a 40-year-old Russian, say airport police. He has no identification papers and communicating with him is difficult so his motivation for the disruption remains unclear.

The man shouted that he was carrying a bomb at 11 am and then locked himself in the toilets. He was finally taken into custody at 1 pm.
In the meantime, terminals 1 and 2 were evacuated and a number of flights were delayed or cancelled. The terminals were not reopened until 4.30 pm.