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mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:37 AM May 2016

The suspicious package identified






Manchester United Soccer Match 'Abandoned' After Suspicious Package Found at Stadium

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/manchester-united-soccer-match-abandoned-after-suspicious-package-found-stadium-n574326

The suspicious package that led to the delay of the Manchester United match at the team's Old Trafford stadium was a device left behind by a company performing a training exercise with bomb-sniffing dogs.

After an inspection of the stands, John O'Hare with the Greater Manchester Police said, "Following today's controlled explosion, we have since found out that the item was a training device which had accidentally been left by a private company following a training exercise involving explosive search dogs."

"Whilst this item did not turn out to be a viable explosive, on appearance this device was as real as could be, and the decision to evacuate the stadium was the right thing to do, until we could be sure that people were not at risk," he said.




I would hate to be the one who led that training exercise.
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The suspicious package identified (Original Post) mercuryblues May 2016 OP
Could be someone who hates MU malaise May 2016 #1
The private company will of course now be required to pay Ghost Dog May 2016 #2

malaise

(269,024 posts)
1. Could be someone who hates MU
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:45 AM
May 2016

Only last week, a fan from another club someone shattered their bus window

 

Ghost Dog

(16,881 posts)
2. The private company will of course now be required to pay
Mon May 16, 2016, 09:46 AM
May 2016

the cost of the police operation, and the two clubs', and the many fans' losses.

But the bosses are probably cronies, so won't be.

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