Bomb threat outside Army Recruitment Offices

It’s all clear now

Army Bomb Terrorism Threat

Little Clarendon Street, Woodstock Road and St Giles’ were cordoned off today when police found a “suspicious package” near the Army Recruitment Office.

Police turned out in force to deal with the incident: a black holdall left next to a blue car outside a bank on St Giles’.

After a real threat from the IRA last year, the package was taken extremely seriously: shops in the area were evacuated and extensive cordons were put in place.

But the package turned out to be nothing: a staff member at Taylor’s, speaking to the Oxford Mail, said: “Last year it was real but this time it was a fake. Maybe somebody just forgot their bag.

“It’s good they took it seriously – we don’t want to explode.”