Armley: Police seal off Leeds street and residents evacuated from homes - as it happened
Residents were evacuated from a Leeds street and a bomb squad called out over “potentially suspicious items”.
West Yorkshire Police were called to Barden Terrace, Armley, shortly after 8am this morning (Monday March 2), as part of an ongoing safeguarding investigation.
A police spokesperson said: “During the search a number of potentially suspicious items were located. A cordon was put in place and a small number of properties evacuated as a precaution.
“Following assessment by the EOD, the items were deemed to pose minimal risk. The cordon currently remains in place pending the EOD attending to remove the items.”
Here are the updates as it happened.