U.K. police briefly evacuate London's Trafalgar Square over suspect car

LONDON -- British police on Saturday briefly evacuated London's Trafalgar Square, close to where celebrations are to be held later to mark Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, after reports of a suspicious vehicle but said the security alert had concluded.

"This was investigated and after police took action we have no further concern. This was not terrorism-related," police said on Twitter.

A police spokesman said earlier lots of checks were being carried out in the area, a short distance from where a concert is to be staged outside Buckingham Palace later in the day.

(Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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  Police monitor crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, Thursday, June 2022 on the first of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The events over a long holiday weekend in the U.K. are meant to celebrate the monarch's 70 years of service. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)