Bomb Scare Probed at Quebec City Airport

Explosive materials were discovered at an airport in eastern Canada Thursday prompting police investigations.

Officials at Jean-Lesage airport in Quebec City said they found "suspicious materials" stashed in a U.S.-bound suitcase stored in the airport's main building basement, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported.

The materials could be used to create explosives, police said.

The suitcase's owner has been identified, and a security perimeter was erected around the airport. Explosives experts are combing the building.

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