Tesco stores shut after threats

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:05 pm

Last Updated: Saturday, 14 July 2007, 19:49 GMT 20:49 UK
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Tesco stores shut after threats
Tesco store
A reader sent in this picture of the deserted Tesco store in Port Talbot
Fourteen Tesco stores across the country have been closed by police following a series of threats.

Police have launched a criminal investigation but say they do not believe there is a link to extremism.

Hertfordshire Constabulary, which is leading the operation, said the stores were closed as a precaution and no-one had been hurt.

They said while the public should remain vigilant, the stores should re-open as soon as possible.

Stores were closed in Lancashire, Suffolk, Leicestershire, Humberside, West Yorkshire, Worcestershire, Nottinghamshire and London.

Tesco supermarkets in south Wales, Fife, Strathclyde and East Renfrewshire have also been shut.

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A worker at a nearby shop said police had told him the store had been shut after receiving a bomb threat, along with several other supermarkets across the country.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6899218.stm

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:53 pm

My county is looking into it but no herts stores ??

arfur · Post by **arfur** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:56 pm

Tesco's head office is though.

Post by **fac51** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:14 pm

Post by **mr mixin** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:41 pm

That's some top notch photography right there. Taken with a camera phone and seemingly behind a bush of some sort so showing no real content. Good effort!