London Police Close Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross Road, ‘Specialist Officers’ Deployed

Parts of London’s most iconic square and neighbouring streets and stations have been closed to the public Thursday afternoon as police responded to a “suspicious item”.

Update 1540:

Metropolitan Police have confirmed the item, after inspection, was found to be non-suspicious and that there were no casualties in the incident.

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London police officers were called to Duncannon Street at 14:40hrs Thursday afternoon. A Metropolitan Police spokesman told Breitbart London that “specialist officers” were deployed to deal with a “suspicious item”, and that a cordon had been established.

Charing Cross Road and parts of Trafalgar Square have been closed to the public, and Charing Cross Station — the historical geographical centre of London — has been closed to passengers “as a precaution”.

#Trafalgar Square evacuated on election day #GE2017 #London pic.twitter.com/Bva3Rxo9Zq

— Politikḗ (@city_affairs) June 8, 2017

A popular area with tourists and Londoners alike, left items of luggage may be a common occurrence but the scale of the police operation may reflect the high level of alert in the city after Britain experienced three mass-casualty terror attacks in three months.

The United Kingdom goes to the polls today to select a new government — as reported by Breitbart London, many polling stations today are under police armed guard to reassure and protect the voting public.

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