A bomb disposal team has been deployed to a town street with people reportedly told a “viable device” has been found.
Homes in Spire View, Salisbury, have been evacuated and residents have reported seeing emergency services in one of the flats, reports the Salisbury Journal.
That incident is reportedly linked to another in the town’s Bishopdown Road where one resident said “at least seven police cars are at the top of the road, for over an hour. Police are armed.”
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Residents living in flats near to the police presence, at pire View in Salisbury behind Fisherton Street car park, said they had been evacuated from their homes by officers.
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Residents said they had seen police armed response units deployed to the scene as helicopters from the National Police Air Service circled overhead.
In a statement earlier this evening Wiltshire Police said: “Please note Bishopdown Road is currently closed due to an ongoing incident. Please avoid the area and seek an alternative route.”