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Bomb squad neutralise 'suspicious' item

Matty Edwardsand
Mike Gilmore,Park Street, Bristol
Moment suspicious item detonated in Bristol

Part of a busy city centre was cordoned off by police as a bomb disposal team neutralised a suspicious item with a controlled explosion.

Park Street in Bristol was closed after a member of the public reported a man leaving a suspicious item in the area at about 08:25 BST on Friday.

A cordon was in place, which included Hill Street, St George's Road and Frogmore Street.

An Avon and Somerset Police spokesperson said the item was "not considered to have been a viable explosive or to have posed a risk to people".

A woman in military uniform is operating a robot next to a bomb disposal van.
The bomb disposal team arrived at Park Street in Bristol with a robot

Police confirmed a controlled detonation was carried out by the Army's explosive ordnance disposal team just after 11:00 BST.

The cordon was then lifted at about 14:00 BST.

Josh and Henry are standing on Park Street in front of a police car and bomb dispersal van. One has long hair and a beard and the other wears a navy cap and a green jacket. They are both looking at the camera.
Yeomans and Squires work at Pizzarova on Park Street and were told to leave the restaurant

Henry Yeomans and Josh Squires, who both work at Pizzarova, a restaurant on Park Street, said they came in for their shift at 09:00 BST.

"We were doing our prep shift for a busy Friday," Squires said.

"About half an hour into the shift they shut the street down and said we had to get out, so we evacuated."

Avon and Somerset Police Park Street is closed with a police car in the middle of the road, with police tape in the foregroundAvon and Somerset Police
A police cordon is in place on Park Street in Bristol

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