Cops Blast ‘Suspicious’ Suitcase Full of Coconuts at Rome Airport

Public safety is no joke, but hey, what can you do when a team of police officers, with all its might and experience, wrongly suspects a “bag full of coconuts” to be dangerous?

Freelance journalist Ned Donovan neatly tracked a series of events that unfolded after the Italian police found an unattended bag and blew it up, only to find coconuts.

*cries in Malayali*

Amazing, the Italian police have blown up a bag full of coconuts and have now reopened Rome airport. Here are the exploded coconuts: pic.twitter.com/LnHhYevWIE

— Ned Donovan (@Ned_Donovan) October 1, 2018

Here is how Twitter grieved for the destroyed coconuts.

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

— Nir Kahn (@Nir_Kahn) October 1, 2018

Several claimed to know who was behind this.

I am sure some #Malayali family incurred a huge loss of precious coconuts carried all the way from Kerala 😅
Who else on earth will carry a bag full of coconuts?!🤔 https://t.co/dvops1gXSR

— Revathy (@RevathyNS) October 2, 2018

#Malayalee responsible for this bag full of #coconuts? Who has gone for a holiday to Rome from #kerala? Using this report next time mom packs coconuts for trip back from home. #MalluThings https://t.co/hD33gyltAK

— Aparna Balakrishnan (@MalluRoksham) October 2, 2018

Hmm, this smells suspiciously Malayalee to me! 🤔Which one of you aunties was bringing back coconuts for chammanthi podi? Ms. Chinamma John, please come claim your bags in Terminal 2! 🥥 🌴 #Keralavibes #landofthecoconuts #MalayaleePride #homemadechammanthi https://t.co/FBSu14uVC1

— vynoykee#1 (@scorps1027) October 2, 2018

Oh gawd. This bag/luggage must belong to an Indian. Only we carry coconuts and frying pans when we travel.

— Mani Pillai (@ManiPillai1886) October 1, 2018

Some were baffled by... ermmm... capabilities of the Italian police.

Wow. Imagine shutting down an entire airport just to blow up a bag full of fucking coconuts 😭😭 https://t.co/zQShJhdX55

— Chunk ✨ (@cherishjanae) October 2, 2018

The Italian police blowing up a bag full of coconuts (that they thought were explosives) literally 10 metres away from passengers is the peak of entertainment for me.

— ✨i✨ (@isxacthefirst) October 2, 2018

Can you be on the government-exploded coconuts beat full time?

— Kevin Collier (@kevincollier) October 1, 2018

How can you not be concerned and ask the most important question? What crime did these coconuts commit?

So, clearly there’s a lesson to be learned here: When in Rome, do not leave your nuts unattended (or they’ll be exploded).

— Elena Jinzo (@elena_SF_CA) October 2, 2018

I just want to know why there were coconuts ina suitcase.

Are people smuggling coconuts now? Are they banned in italy?

— Josue Pereira (@Nerfnow) October 2, 2018