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30,000 People evacuated in Birmingham, UK; some suspicious devices found
Nothing much online as of two minutes ago, but reports are that the city center has been evacuated, with 30,00 people leaving, and several suspicious devices were found and are being destroyed by bomb squads. More as it comes up ...
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http://www.canada.com/national/natio...b-3acca87291e1
LONDON (AP) -- Police ordered the evacuation of the entertainment district in central Birmingham late Saturday because of intelligence suggesting a security threat.
BBC television reports police have carried out several controlled explosions, a precaution to disarm objects suspected of being explosive devices.
There's no confirmation of any explosive devices being found.
Police initially restricted road traffic into the city centre, but then ordered an evacuation after receiving further intelligence, a police spokeswoman said on condition of anonymity.
She estimated there were nearly 200 bars and clubs in the Broad Street entertainment district.
Birmingham, about 180 kilometres northwest of London, was the target of one of the worst Irish Republican Army bombings of the 1970s. Twenty-one people died when the IRA bombed two pubs on Nov. 21, 1974.
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Last edited by MSD; 07-09-2005 at 01:56 PM..
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