Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street closed in “bomb alert” as police find “suspicious package”

Update: The suspect package was apparently a Deliveroo bag. All roads have been reopened.

Bishopsgate has been cordoned off between Primrose Street and Middlesex Street due to a suspicious package.

A number of people on Twitter have called the incident a “bomb scare”.

On lockdown. Liverpool Street Bomb scare. #bishopsgatepic.twitter.com/uL2ZwfRJpz

— Ruk (@rC) March 10, 2016

 

#Bombalert at Bishopsgate in London. Not allowed to leave the building and asked to remain far from the windows.

— Camille Baert (@CamilleBaert) March 10, 2016

 

Right now at work #bombscare#bishopsgate#liverpoolstreet#buildingsonlockdownpic.twitter.com/AI4ExrYpWT

— Jonnie Moyes (@JonnieMoyes) March 10, 2016

 

Bishopsgate unusually quiet as a suspicious package closes off the street. pic.twitter.com/SPkjU3qh1o

— Jason Wassell (@JasonWassell) March 10, 2016