A UK counter-terror police unit responded on Wednesday to a report of suspicious devices found in an unoccupied flat in northwest London.
According to a statement from London’s Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command, police were called to an address in Craven Park, NW10, at 9:34 a.m. Wednesday in response to reports of two suspicious devices found in an unoccupied flat, which was in the process of being refurbished.
“Officers attended the address and as a precaution, the block of flats was evacuated and local road closures put in place whilst specialist officers assessed the two devices. Initial assessment was that they were both improvised explosive devices,” the statement said.
London police said that the devices were recovered from the scene and are now undergoing further forensic examination.