London tube station reopened after scare

Police evacuated a London Underground station yesterday after finding a suspect package on a train but later reopened it after the package turned out to be an item of lost property. A British Transport Police spokesman said Brixton station, in south...

Police evacuated a London Underground station yesterday after finding a suspect package on a train but later reopened it after the package turned out to be an item of lost property.

A British Transport Police spokesman said Brixton station, in south London, had been reopened and was functioning normally.

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