LONDON: Two people were taken to hospital as a precaution on Monday after a “suspicious package” was found at the British parliament, although it was later confirmed not to be hazardous, officials said.
“A man and a woman have been taken to a central London hospital as a precaution,” a police spokesman said after the package was discovered at the Norman Shaw Buildings which house lawmakers’ offices.
Specialist officers investigated the package and found it was not hazardous, a parliamentary spokeswoman later said. The package was received by the office of opposition Labour lawmaker Mohammad Yasin, a member of his staff told AFP, adding that he was not in the room at the time and was unharmed.London Ambulance Service said they had initially dispatched a hazardous area response team and took two people to hospital after assessing them at the scene.
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