Here’s what happened
Police have evacuated Angel Tube station Wednesday evening, as a suspicious package was found prompting a major security alert, the area has been locked down.
Scenes at Angel Station pic.twitter.com/1J9Na2yw2o
— Chris Hobbs (@ChrisHobbs_) October 4, 2017
A commuter wrote on Twitter: “Currently trapped at Angel station. Don’t know what’s happening. Trains not stopping. There’s an incident outside”
Currently trapped at Angel Station. Don’t know what’s happening. Trains not stopping. There’s an incident outside.
— HamishSqueal (@hamishsteele) October 4, 2017
Not 100% but it sounded like a controlled explosion and now emergency services seem to be leaving. Cordon still up for now
— Nicola Chamberlain (@nicola_chamb) October 4, 2017
Nicola Chamberlain said to LondonLovesBusiness: “Not 100% but it sounded like a controlled explosion and now emergency services seem to be leaving. Cordon still up for now.”
So apparently it’s a suspicious package at Angel Station pic.twitter.com/sTHzY1X2sA
— Hayley Chamberlain (@haychamb) October 4, 2017
The Metropolitan Police said: “We were dealing with a suspect package in #Islington. A controlled explosion was carried out, and the incident was stood down at 19.34hrs.”
We were dealing with a suspect package in #Islington. A controlled explosion was carried out, and the incident was stood down at 19.34hrs.
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) October 4, 2017
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