TWITTER Trafalgar Square has been evacuated after a suspicious package was found

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A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers were called at 2.40pm to reports of a suspicious package in Duncannon Street. The incident is not being treated as terrorist related and there have been no reports of injuries. Specialist officers were called called in to investigate but have since been stood down. A cordon set up around the historic square has since been lifted.

TWITTER A suspicious package was reported in Duncannon Street

Charing Cross station was closed as a precaution and office workers were told to stay inside as police investigated. The A400 Charing Cross Road was closed northbound between Trafalgar Square and Cranbourn Street. All roads have since reopened, Transport for London tweeted.

Sounds like something is going down around Charing Cross/Trafalgar Square. Grim times. — L.i.am (@GilesyL14) June 8, 2017

The evacuation unsurprisingly caused alarm in a city still on edge after this week's terrorist attack in London Bridge. Catherine Noble tweeted: "Police all over the world are busy enough without running after false alarms, don't leave packages unattended anywhere!" On Saturday three men ploughed a van into pedestrians before getting out and stabbing people at random, killing eight and injuring 48 others. The killers - Khuram Butt, Rachid Redouane and Youssef Zaghba - were all shot dead within eight minutes of the first 999 call. Video apparently showing the moment the terrorists were gunned down appeared online last night, as all eight victims killed in the attack were finally named.

Currently in an office in Trafalgar Square, building lockdown after heavily armed police have found a suspicious package in the square. Mad. — Ro Anwar (@RoAnwar) June 8, 2017

The incident in Charing Cross has now been stood down. Cordons will be lifted shortly — Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) June 8, 2017

It was the third act of terrorism in the UK in three months, following March's Westminster atrocity and last month's suicide bombing in Manchester. The official UK threat level stands at severe, the second highest rating, which indicates an attack is seen as "highly likely". Security has been tightened around polling stations today, amid fears they could become terror targets as voters cast their ballot in today's General Election. Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins said: “There’s nervousness about the potential to disrupt the democratic process but while we are still operating at UK severe, there’s no intelligence that any election event, location or venue is going to be the target of any sort of action or terrorist activity. “We will be maintaining a visible presence at certain locations and we will be maintaining a static presence at all the counting venues."