Trafalgar Square Evacuated After Police Find 'Suspicious Package'

Armed police evacuated people from London’s Trafalgar Square on Thursday after finding a “suspicious item”.

The tourist hotspot has been cordoned off and nearby Charing Cross Tube station has been closed.

Metropolitan Police said that specialist officers were in attendance and that the tube station had been closed as a “precaution”.

Police confirmed on Twitter shortly after 3.30pm that officers had stood down and the cordons would be removed “shortly”.

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Trafalgar square evacuated pic.twitter.com/Dxyr5T1PV6
— igor arrais de sá (@igor_arrais) June 8, 2017

Something up at Trafalgar Square. Cordoned off, lots of police pic.twitter.com/8S2a7WS3DF
— VOTE CORBYN (@oidptg) June 8, 2017

The incident in Charing Cross has now been stood down. Cordons will be lifted shortly
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 8, 2017

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