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| London’s St Paul’s evacuated in bomb scare causing rush hour mayhem | London’s St Paul’s evacuated in bomb scare causing rush hour mayhem |
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| Office workers in the St Paul’s area of central London were evacuated on Tuesday morning after a suspect package was discovered. Twitter users reported hearing a loud bang, which is thought to have come from a controlled explosion. | Office workers in the St Paul’s area of central London were evacuated on Tuesday morning after a suspect package was discovered. Twitter users reported hearing a loud bang, which is thought to have come from a controlled explosion. |
| Rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill by a police cordon, which has now been lifted. | |
| City of London police confirmed on Twitter its officers were investigating a suspicious package. | City of London police confirmed on Twitter its officers were investigating a suspicious package. |
| Officers stood down the incident and reopened roads around 9am. | |
| Financial crime consultant Aamar Ahmad told the Evening Standard: “I was walking from London Bridge towards City Thameslink and suddenly police cars arrived from all over and started blocking roads from near Mansion House underground station. | |
| “When I reached by St Paul's, London police staff suddenly started shouting loudly that everyone should move away from the area. | |
| “One gentleman was walking slowly and the police very loudly asked him to hurry up and move away. Everyone around was in a state of disbelief.” |