Source: Xinhua Author: 07/25/2008
Subject Concerned: Airport
Staff at Bromma airport in Sweden didn't think it was very funny when a dwarf jumped out of a suitcase at the check-in counter. Instead of laughing, they called the police.
Police soon found that it was a stunt being filmed by a hidden camera for a program on private TV network Kanal 5.
Police spokesman Mats Eriksson says airport staff decided against filing charges even though they were "shocked and humiliated" by July 23's stunt.
Kanal 5 spokesman Dan Panas told Swedish news agency TT that the show was meant to be "provocative and entertaining."
He said the stunt was not meant to make fun of little people, but to make entertainment out of "extreme situations."