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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

YOU WONT BELIEVE: British museum evacuated after suspicious device discovered in toilet | Mind Blowing Facts

The museum was evacuated on Saturday afternoon - (Getty)

Visitors were evacuated from the British Museum after it received “malicious communications” and found a “suspicious device” in a toilet.

The Met Police were called to the site in Central London at 2.50pm on Saturday, where officers conducted a thorough investigation, the museum said.

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