Following Manchester’s terror attack, locals reporting a bomb squad and armed police attending a school in Hulme. The threat has now been reported as a “false alarm”.
Reports were received of a massive cordon around the Jackson Crescent area of Hulme. The incident occurred around the Castlefield Campus, which is on Limby Street.
Local resident Sean Glackin-Donahue said at the time of the police cordon: “Our road is now closed, we had to go in side because there’s a bomb scare across the road. There are hundreds of police here and we’re been told to go inside our homes.”
People being told to back away from the cordon on Chorlton Road as bomb squad arrives… pic.twitter.com/oJXWhRoQmW
— Chris Chambers (@CapitalChambo) May 25, 2017
Bomb disposal unit now on the scene in Hulme, Manchester. Police shout “take cover”. pic.twitter.com/aPJ7E1GD9X
— Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran) May 25, 2017
We will continue to update this story as we know more.
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