Manchester United: 'Old Trafford evacuated'

The home ground of Manchester United has been evacuated during a game versus Bournemouth with 75,000 people in the stadium on Tuesday. However, the suspected device turned out to be a 'dummy' device left over from 4 days ago during a training session. Christopher Reid, the managing director of Security Search Management & Solutions (SSMS), said he was “absolutely gutted” and that the mistake, which has cost Manchester United 3m, was entirely his. The security manager has left behind a dummy bomb during the match which was responsible for the terror alert during a training session.

Christopher Reid holding the dummy device

“That device could not have been detected by sniffer dogs on the routine match day search of the 100 Club [a hospitality suite] as it contained no explosives and was used in an exercise training handlers, not dogs,” he said.

“We are conducting a detailed evaluation with the help of the police and will share our findings across the rest of the game. Valuable lessons will have been learned from yesterday’s events and it is important that those are shared with other stadium operators to ensure that the safety of the public remains the first duty of us all.”

The game between Manchester United and Bournemouth is to be rescheduled on the 17th May, Tuesday.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/16/manchester-united-fans-should-be-compensated-for-bomb-scare-says-mp