Victoria coach station evacuated due to suspect package after Manchester terror attack
LONDON'S Victoria coach station has been evacuated after a suspect package was found, just hours after the Manchester terror attack.
London Victoria Coach Station closed following evacuation
Police shut down the station and surrounding streets, including Buckingham Palace Road, on Tuesday, according to the BBC.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "A suspect package is being checked out."
The incident comes just hours after the Manchester Arena terror attack, which has left 22 dead and more than 50 injured.
Victoria Coach Station has been evacuated
A sniffer dog on the scene at a previous incident
I was quite shocked by what happened because of what happened in Manchester last night
Police later confirmed that the package had been cleared and wasn't suspicious.
James Greenslade said he was waiting for a coach to Cardiff when he witnesses police gather near suitcases nearby.
The 26-year-old said then the station announced passengers were to leave the station over a tannoy.
He said: "I was quite shocked by what happened because of what happened in Manchester last night.”
Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the blast, which happened just after 10.30pm outside the venue in a public area, is currently being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise.
The incident took place hours after the Manchester terror attack
The attack left thousands of people fleeing in terror and left carnage inside the venue, with one witness claiming "bodies were everywhere".
Chief Constable Ian Hopkins told a press briefing this morning a suicide bomber was behind the worst attack on the UK since the July 2007 bombings in London.
The evacuation came hours after the Manchester terror attack
He said children were among those killed in the attack.
It was carried out by one man carrying an improvised explosive device (IED), who also died on the scene, he confirmed.