‘UK parliament evacuated due to suspicious package’
19 Nov 2014 4:49 AM IST
A spokeswoman for London’s Metropolitan Police said Portcullis House, an office building opposite the Houses of Parliament and above Westminster underground station, was evacuated while police investigated.
Police on the scene said the station had also been closed, and police motorbikes could be seen
blocking cars and members of the public from entering the road.
Britain’s security threat level was raised to its second-highest level in August due to risks posed by Islamic State fighters returning from Iraq and Syria. Security analysts say foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria now number in the thousands.
Last month, armed soldiers were deployed at a top tourist attraction in the heart of London’s government district as a precautionary measure after an Islamist gunman entered and attacked the Canadian parliament.
Police on the scene said the station had also been closed, and police motorbikes could be seen
blocking cars and members of the public from entering the road.
Britain’s security threat level was raised to its second-highest level in August due to risks posed by Islamic State fighters returning from Iraq and Syria. Security analysts say foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria now number in the thousands.
Last month, armed soldiers were deployed at a top tourist attraction in the heart of London’s government district as a precautionary measure after an Islamist gunman entered and attacked the Canadian parliament.
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