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”.
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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