BREAKING: London’s Trafalgar Square evacuated as armed police move in
TRAFALGAR Square has been evacuated this afternoon following a bomb scare, with armed police blocking off the London landmark.
By ROSS LOGAN
Express.co.uk
Thu, Jun 8, 2017
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called at 2.40pm to reports of a suspicious package in Duncannon Street.
The incident is not currently being treated as terrorist related and there have been no reports of injuries.
Specialist officers were called called in to investigate but have since been stood down.
A cordon set up around the historic square will be lifted shortly, the force tweeted.
Charing Cross station was closed as a precaution and office workers were told to stay inside as police investigated.
The A400 Charing Cross Road was closed northbound between Trafalgar Square and Cranbourn Street.
All roads have since reopened, Transport for London tweeted.
The evacuation unsurprisingly caused alarm in a city still on edge after Saturday’s terrorist attack in London Bridge.
Three men ploughed a van into pedestrians before getting out and stabbing people at random, killing eight and injuring 48 others.
The killers – Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba – were all shot dead within eight minutes of the first 999 call.
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