UK: Residents evacuated while explosive item ‘made safe’ in Yorkshire neighbourhood


Residents of a Yorkshire neighbourhood who had been evacuated from their homes, while police investigated an explosive substance, have been able to return to their homes.

Police have now reduced cordons on Lingmore Street in Leeds, after the bomb squad had “made safe” the suspiscious item. A 62-year-old man was rearrested on suspicion of possessing an explosive substance for an unlawful purpose.

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Source: MSN News


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