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Police
departments across the United States are on high alert following
attacks in Dallas and Baton Rouge last month that killed eight
police officers.
Portland police said in a statement that Espen Brungodt, 28,
sent the threats to the Portland Police Department and local
media outlets around 8:45 a.m. (1245 GMT) on Wednesday and was
arrested unarmed and without incident roughly four hours later.
Police said Brungodt entered the United States on July 26
through Boston and was traveling with family members.
The Portland Press Herald newspaper published online a copy of
the email it had received from Brungodt, which stated in part:
"Time for more police to die."
"Very soon, my partners will head down to Portland Police
Department ... There they will shoot and kill as many police
officers as they can," the message read, according to the
newspaper.
The message also said a nearby parking garage had been
booby-trapped with explosives.
Police said the threats prompted the closure of the Cumberland
County Courthouse after investigators determined the suspect was
likely in the area.
Brungodt faces federal charges related to transmitting
threatening communications, Portland police said.
The police statement said local authorities were assisted by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Homeland
Security.
It was not immediately clear if Brungodt had retained an
attorney. A spokesperson for the police department could not be
immediately reached for comment.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by James
Dalgleish)
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