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Leadenhall Market was evacuated at around 1.45pm as cops screamed at shoppers to "get out".

Early reports suggested the dramatic lockdown was over a suspicious package inside the shopping precinct.

One eye witness told Daily Star Online: "I was in the shop Tiger in Leadenhall Market and I heard shouting coming from outside.

"I was queueing up and a policeman turned up on his motorbike and shouted at the cashier to shut the shop immediately.

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"He then told everyone to put their shopping down and leave the premises quickly and calmly.

"After the London Bridge attacks, I immediately worried that it could be a terrorist attack and got out of there as fast as I could.

"I need to get my niece a birthday present but I'm scared to go back to the shops now."

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The market eventually reopened at 2.30pm after the suspicious package was deemed to be safe.

The iconic market sits right in the heart of London just yards away from London Bridge where a terror attack struck in June.

The incident came at the same time cops swoop on another area of London over another bomb scare.