'Security alert' closes Stepney Green Underground station by Queen Mary University. Image from Twitter/Abbie Norris
A 'suspicious package' has closed off an Undeground station and the surrounding roads.
Stepney Green station, on the District line, was cordoned off by police at around 12pm, while they investigate reports of a suspicious package.
Stepney Green- station closed, security alert.
— District line (@districtline) January 23, 2017
The incident is being described by TfL as a "security alert".
Package outside Stepney Green station whole road is closed off and not letting anyone through #tfl pic.twitter.com/PwwZPl5FV2
— Abbie Norris (@AbbieCNorris) January 23, 2017
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