Tens of thousands of fans were on Sunday evacuated from the 75,000 capacity Old Trafford stadium following a bomb scare.
The fans of both teams, Manchester
United and Bournemouth were gathered for their last game of the
Premiership when it was announced over the public address system that a
“suspect package” had been found in the north-west quadrant – the corner
between the North Stand and Stretford End.
The bomb squad was later invited to carry out a controlled explosion after which they found out what the “suspect package” was.
“Following today’s controlled explosion,
we have since found out that the item was a training device which had
accidentally been left by a private company following a training
exercise involving explosive search dogs,” said Assistant Chief
Constable John O’Hare of the Greater Manchester Police.
According to CNN,
O’Hare said “Whilst this item did not turn out to be a viable
explosive, on appearance this device was as real as could be, and the
decision to evacuate the stadium was the right thing to do, until we
could be sure that people were not at risk.”
The abandoned game has been shifted to Tuesday night.
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