Police carry out controlled explosion of suspect package outside Parliament

Police have carried out a controlled explosion of a suspect package outside the Houses of Parliament.

Labour MP for Wakefield and Shadow Transport Secretary Mary Creagh tweeted about the incident.

Police have just carried out a controlled explosion of a suspect package outside Parliament.

— Mary Creagh MP (@marycreagh_mp) July 21, 2014

LIVE: Parliament Square pic.twitter.com/2EDhbq56d5

— Danny Hackett (@DannyHackett) July 21, 2014

Whitehall, Parliament Square and Downing Street were cordoned off but have now been reopened.

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