Westminster: Parliament Square is closed off over ‘suspicious vehicle’
BREAKING: Parliament Square is closed off and QEII Centre evacuated as police deploy bomb disposal robot over ‘suspicious vehicle’ near Westminster Abbey
Roads around Parliament Square are closed due to a suspicious vehicleReports said a bomb disposal robot has been seen in the area near the CentreThe Queen Elizabeth II Centre conference hall has been evacuated by policeTwo controlled explosions were conducted by Met Police relating to the vehicleNearby Westminster School was also evacuated as part of the response
<!–
<!–
<!–<!–
<!–
(function (src, d, tag){
var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0];
s.src = src;
prev.parentNode.insertBefore(s, prev);
}(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/1.17.0/async_bundle–.js”, document, “script”));
<!–
DM.loadCSS(“https://www.dailymail.co.uk/static/gunther/gunther-2159/video_bundle–.css”);
<!–
Roads around Parliament Square are closed and the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster has been evacuated due to a suspicious vehicle.
Police evacuated Parliament Square and the large conference centre around 4.30pm and have confirmed that two controlled explosions have taken place in the area.
MPs and peers are currently not sitting in Westminster ahead of the state opening of Parliament and Queen’s Speech on Tuesday.
Police evacuated Parliament Square (pictured) around 4.30pm and have confirmed that two controlled explosions have taken place in the area (file image)
Twitter users posted that they had seen a bomb disposal robot on the scene
The QEII conference centre was also evacuated while police dealt with the vehicle
The Metropolitan Police tweeted: ‘Police are at currently in the vicinity of #Westminster Abbey dealing with an ongoing incident involving what is believed to be a suspicious vehicle.
‘A number of road closures are in place while emergency services deal with the incident.’
Westminster and St James Park Underground stations were also closed at police request, according to LBC journalist Shelagh Fogarty.
The nearby Westminster School was also reported to have been evacuated in the incident.
Twitter users posted that they had seen a bomb disposal robot on the scene and had heard the controlled explosions minutes after the closure.
More to follow…
