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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Griffin

Oxford Circus incident - as it happened: Police say no evidence of gunshots or attack in central London

A major police incident has come to a close after police found no evidence of gunshots or injuries.

After numerous reports suggested that there had been gunshots at Oxford Circus station, police said they were responding to the event as if it was a terror attack. But they found no evidence of any shots or attack, and apparently the many 999 calls were baseless.

The reports triggered panic on one of the world's busiest shopping streets, leading people to flee into restaurants and shops on the instruction of the police.

It came in the middle of Black Friday, when the street and station may have been even more busy than usual.

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