Rio bomb squad carries out a controlled explosion at cycling finish line

A loud bang heard at the finish line of the men's cycling road race at the Rio Olympics was quickly confirmed to be a controlled explosion carried out by a bomb squad on a suspicious package.

"Security forces telling us on ground they exploded a suspect bag," said BBC reporter Andrew Cropper. "Area is just behind spectator seating after finish line of road race at Copacabana beach."

The location has been cordoned off, but no one was injured and the Games have not been interrupted.

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