A shopping centre in Birmingham has been evacuated as a man was arrested on suspicion of having a machete.
Workers and shoppers were ordered out of the Bullring shopping complex in the city centre at around 8.30am on Wednesday.
Police and other emergency services flocked to the scene.
In a statement issued about an hour after the alert was first triggered, the centre’s owners said: “We can confirm that the centre has now fully reopened.
"Thank you for your patience.”
A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “The Bullring was evacuated briefly this morning after a 28-year-old man, armed with a machete, was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon.
“A bag left in the centre was initially thought to be suspicious, but found to contain toiletries, and the shopping centre has now reopened.”
