of tv comedy show checks-in dwarf at swedish airport

Dwarf comedy stunt shocks Swedish airport staff; police called to investigate: A Swedish TV comedy show played a prank at the Bromma airport by checking in a suitcase with a dwarf inside.

Swedish airport staff were not amused when a team from a TV comedy show tried to check in a suitcase with a dwarf inside.

Employees at Bromma airport called police when the dwarf hopped out of the suitcase at the check-in counter.

Police soon found that it was a stunt being filmed by a hidden camera for a program on private TV network Kanal 5.

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."

Kanal 5 website "Har de tagit illa vid sig är det beklagligt" (Swedish)

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