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| Workers tell of controlled explosion near London's Gherkin building | Workers tell of controlled explosion near London's Gherkin building |
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| A controlled explosion was reportedly conducted outside 30 St Mary Axe – known as the Gherkin building – in the City of London after police closed streets due to a suspicious vehicle. | A controlled explosion was reportedly conducted outside 30 St Mary Axe – known as the Gherkin building – in the City of London after police closed streets due to a suspicious vehicle. |
| Locked-in office workers filmed a bomb disposal robot, and reported hearing a controlled explosion. | Locked-in office workers filmed a bomb disposal robot, and reported hearing a controlled explosion. |
| Bomb disposal robot on site at the #Gherkin #stmarysaxe Looks like its trying to open the boot of the car. Controlled explosion just took place. pic.twitter.com/AAUR2qqLDF | Bomb disposal robot on site at the #Gherkin #stmarysaxe Looks like its trying to open the boot of the car. Controlled explosion just took place. pic.twitter.com/AAUR2qqLDF |
| Blocked in our office due to a suspicious vehicle outside.. controlled explosion just carried out 🤭 #stmarysaxe | Blocked in our office due to a suspicious vehicle outside.. controlled explosion just carried out 🤭 #stmarysaxe |
| Road closures were lifted when the vehicle, a silver Ford Focus, was later deemed “non-suspicious”. | Road closures were lifted when the vehicle, a silver Ford Focus, was later deemed “non-suspicious”. |
| On lockdown 🙄 pic.twitter.com/UCA0mclPZ3 | On lockdown 🙄 pic.twitter.com/UCA0mclPZ3 |
| The driver of the vehicle was arrested for possession of false identity documents, City of London police said. | The driver of the vehicle was arrested for possession of false identity documents, City of London police said. |
| Ben Ruddlesdin, an underwriter at Navigators Insurance Company, said he and his colleagues were told via Tannoy to close blinds and move away from windows as part of an “invacuation”. | |
| He witnessed two controlled explosions by peering out of an office window. | |
| He said: “After around 10-15 minutes, a police bomb disposal robot was seen approaching the car. After heading towards the boot, a large bang was heard which we took to be the lock of the boot either being blown or shunted off. | |
| “The robot then approached the rear, right-side door and performed the same action. After retreating, a police dog was sent in who spent around five minutes sniffing around the car before a policeman approached also. The cordon was then lifted.” | |
| After the reports of a controlled explosion a police sniffer dog and its handlers were filmed searching the open boot of the vehicle. | After the reports of a controlled explosion a police sniffer dog and its handlers were filmed searching the open boot of the vehicle. |
| #bombthreat gherkin pic.twitter.com/C2rfP6x0yj | #bombthreat gherkin pic.twitter.com/C2rfP6x0yj |
| Earlier, City of London police confirmed officers were at the scene after a report at 11.32am of a suspicious vehicle outside the building. | Earlier, City of London police confirmed officers were at the scene after a report at 11.32am of a suspicious vehicle outside the building. |
| A spokeswoman could not confirm whether a controlled explosion had taken place. | A spokeswoman could not confirm whether a controlled explosion had taken place. |
| The incident highlights the continued nervousness in London following four terrorist incidents this year. | The incident highlights the continued nervousness in London following four terrorist incidents this year. |
| Last Friday, a violent row between two men triggered a mass panic at Oxford Circus underground station in London in which nine people were injured. |