Broken Buzz Lightyear toy prompts Hong Kong Disneyland bomb scare
Counterterrorism and bomb disposal officers rushed to park’s administration building on Lantau after 500 workers evacuated
A suspicious object that turned out to be a broken Buzz Lightyear toy sparked a bomb scare at Hong Kong Disneyland.
About 500 workers were evacuated from the main office block at the theme park.
The three-hour incident on Monday, which led to the deployment of anti-terrorism and bomb disposal officers, did not affect the operation of the Lantau Island attraction, Disneyland said.
The alarm was sounded at about 12.30pm when a parcel, addressed to park managing director Samuel Lau Wing-kee, was found to contain wires and a battery during an X-ray inspection on the ground-floor mail room of the offices in Magic Road.
“The theme park’s two sniffer dogs were also deployed to detect any dangerous goods and gave a positive indication to their handlers,” a source said.
Police bomb disposal experts were sent after a report was made shortly before 12.45pm.
The Fire Services Department said six fire engines and two ambulances were also deployed.