LONDON — The police evacuated crowds and cordoned off Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday morning after responding to a report of a suspicious automobile, rattling the British capital on the third day of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The Metropolitan Police mentioned on Twitter that the incident, first reported at 9:22 a.m., was not associated to terrorism, although they didn’t specify how they’d come to that conclusion. {A photograph} by the Reuters information company confirmed a automobile being eliminated on the again of a police truck. The sq. was reopened by noon.
“This was investigated and after police took action we have no further concern,” the police tweeted. “This was not terrorism related.”
Trafalgar Square lies on the reverse finish of the Mall from Buckingham Palace, the place a big live performance is scheduled for Saturday night as a part of the jubilee festivities.
Central London is thronged with guests from elsewhere in Britain and all over the world for a four-day celebration of the queen’s 70 years on the throne. About 20,000 individuals have tickets to attend the live performance within the sq. in entrance of the palace that may function performances by Diana Ross, Duran Duran and others, in addition to speeches by Prince Charles and his elder son, Prince William.
