Queensgate Shopping Centre, in Peterborough. (Image: Google Maps)
Counter terror police are now investigating a ‘security threat’ which led to shoppers being evacuated from a busy Cambridgeshire shopping centre last week.
A shop manager at Queensgate Shopping Centre, in Peterborough, contacted police on Thursday morning (December 28) after receiving a ‘security threat’ to their store.
Shoppers and staff were evacuated as a precaution – but were allowed back in later the same afternoon.
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On Friday (December 29), a Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said: “An investigation into the threat and those behind it is ongoing with counter terror police.”
Attempts have been made to contact counter terror police representatives for Cambridgeshire and also Queensgate Shopping Centre.
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