Whitehall in lockdown after abandoned car found near Downing Street
Police respond to a security alert in Whitehall (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock)
Whitehall in central London is in lockdown as police investigate a suspicious vehicle.
The major road in Westminster been cordoned off in both directions by police after they were called to security alert over an ‘abandoned vehicle’.
Civil servants are unable to leave their buildings and no one is allowed to enter, the Independent have reported.
The emergency response comes not long after a collision near Downing Street, which police said is not connected to the vehicle incident.
The Westminster branch of the Met Police said on X: ‘A cordon is in place at the southern end of Whitehall as a precautionary measure while officers investigate a suspicious vehicle in the vicinity of Downing Street.
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‘It is not linked to a separate road traffic collision involving a coach and a pedestrian in nearby Abingdon Street.’
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