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(05-15-2016, 11:10 AM)bfine32 Wrote: Not exactly London, but the Premier League game at Manchester has been cancelled because of a suspicious device.

It was a huge game,

Luckily it wasn't terrorism...just an accident.

Quote:MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Police say the device that was found at Manchester United’s stadium before the match against Bournemouth in the Premier League was a training device that was left inside Old Trafford following an earlier security exercise.


Greater Manchester Police said the device was found in the toilets in the northwest corner of one of the stands by United staff. Explosive experts were called in to assess the item, which appeared to be an “incredibly realistic-looking explosive device.”


The stadium was evacuated, the match was postponed, and bomb disposal experts dismantled the device.


John O’Hare, assistant chief constable from Greater Manchester Police, said “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.”


The security alert reflects increased security at Premier League stadiums following last year’s Paris attacks that targeted the Stade de France sports stadium as well as cafes, bars and a concert hall. It followed the British government’s announcement Wednesday that it was raising the nation’s threat level due to intelligence indicating the “strong possibility” of attacks in Britain by factions of the outlawed Irish Republican Army.