Fresh terror fears were sparked in Manchester this afternoon after a city shopping centre was evacuated over a bomb threat.
Shoppers and staff were asked to leave the Arndale Centre amid reports that an explosive device had been discovered in the food court.
It came just hours after a suicide bomb attack at the city’s Manchester Arena left 22 people dead and a further 59 injured.
Collette Nicholls, a member of staff from Superdrug, told the Manchester Evening News people were “running and screaming” in the lead up to evacuation.
“Then we were all told by our manager to come out,” she added. “We’re all a bit shook up.”
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said a man had been arrested in connection with the incident.
However, the evacuation is not thought to be directly related to last night’s terror attack.
A GMP spokeswoman declined to comment on the cause of today’s evacuation.
Police are understood to have made further arrests linked to the attack in the Chorlton and Ashton areas of the city earlier this morning.
Officers said the perpetrator, a man believed to be acting alone, died at the scene.
Fresh terror fears as Manchester shopping centre evacuated by police
