Trafalgar Square evacuated and on lockdown after ‘suspicious vehicle’ found

Trafalgar Sq. has been evacuated following the invention of a suspicious car, it's understood.

The realm in central London is on lockdown with photos displaying a big police presence and cordons in place.

A number of folks on social media reported listening to the sound of a ‘bang’ or explosion at round 11am.

Westminster Police stated the incident is now over and officers stay on the scene. Nonetheless, they didn't disclose particulars of what occurred.

The power stated on Twitter: ‘Officers are at the moment at #TrafalgarSquare the place they've evacuated the scene. Please don't journey to the realm.’ 

Police have evacuated Trafalgar Sq.

They later added: ‘Police stay on scene. The incident has now been concluded and the sq. will reopen in the end.’

A journalist on the scene stated a managed explosion was used to take care of the suspicious car and urged folks to not panic.

Crystal Goomansingh, from World information, tweeted: ‘Managed explosion close to Trafalgar sq.. Police say officers handled a suspicious car. “Please don’t panic that you simply heard a bang,” says a Met officer on website.’

The London Hearth Brigade can also be on the scene.

Vacationer Sarah Churchill who was in Trafalgar Sq. on the time together with her 11-year-old son Noah, stated she heard the sound of a ‘bomb’ go off ‘with none warning’.

It's believed a managed explosion passed off after a suspicious automotive was discovered Image: @summee777/Twitter)

She advised the Each day Mirror: ‘There have been plenty of police, had been had been nearly to stroll by means of the sq. once we bought to nook we noticed it was cordoned off.

‘We had been talking to a policeman when the bomb went off with none warning.

‘He had advised us it was a suspicious package deal, however it wasn’t a managed explosion, nobody advised us it was about to go off.’

Sarah, 38, stated the sound of the bomb ‘shook her’ and was ‘intensely loud and fast’.

She stated her son was terrified because the noise sparked a crowd of round 150 folks to start out operating away.

Footage on social media additionally reveals folks being urgently evacuated from a close-by lodge as a consequence of a ‘suspicious automotive that was unattended’.

It comes forward of the Platinum Jubilee live performance tonight exterior Buckingham Palace.

Over 20,000 folks will attend the open-air occasion to honour the Queen’s 70-year-reign.

The occasion might be opened by rock band Queen, with different stars performing together with Diana Ross, Alicia Keys and Eurovision’s Sam Ryder.