Man With ‘Suspect Package’ Sparks Bomb Scare In Liverpool

Liverpool city centre has been shut down after man with a suspicious package was spotted acting oddly in an office building.

The man reportedly threatenedworkers in a boat insurance firm, who then set off the fire alarms, and evacuated the whole building.

As one woman told The Mirror, many people working thereinitially thought that the alarm was a routine fire practice, and so didn’t initially panic. It wasn’t until they got outside and saw the police arriving that they worried it might not be a drill:

“We moved to Exchange Flags to make sure everybody was accounted for and then people became a little bit frightened, and saying Its a bomb. Its a bomb”

Bomb disposal units and police were quickly on the scene, asstreets around the building were cordoned off:

Police were able to negotiate with the man, described as being white and middle-aged, and took him into custody.

The area will remain cordoned off until police have conducted a thorough search of the premises.

Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

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