Date: July 10, 2005 7:45:07 AM PDT
Subject: [Spy News] 20,000 people evacuated from Birmingham centre after threat
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20,000 people evacuated from Birmingham centre after threat
Sat Jul 9, 6:47 PM ET
BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) - Police evacuated 20,000 people from the centre
of Britain's second-biggest city, Birmingham, and carried out a controlled
explosion on a bus after receiving intelligence on an unspecified threat, a
senior police officer said.
"We have evacuated an area of Birmingham city centre... and we are asking
people who are there at the moment to go home," said Stuart Hyde, assistant
chief constable of West Midlands Police, told reporter.
Police insisted that the decision to close such a large part of the city had
not been taken lightly and Hyde confirmed that a controlled explosion had
been carried out on a bus.
Hyde said the measures were taken following information about a "substantial
threat" to the area, but he said the incident was probably not connected to
the London bomb attacks.
"I don't believe that the incident that we are dealing with this evening is
connected with the events of July 7 in London," he said. "I want to make
that pretty clear.
The officer praised the public and staff at clubs, bars and other business
premises for being extremely cooperative with efforts to move people away
from the city centre.
"We have made this decision after careful analysis and consideration and we
are very, very grateful to the public for their understanding.
"We believe it is a proportionate response to the information."
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