The 'device' was a giant, glittery festive ornament.
London police were in for a surprise Wednesday morning when they received a report that an undetonated bomb had washed up on the banks of the River Thames.
Tower Hamlets police poked fun at the incident on Twitter, writing: “Officers were called to Wapping to investigate a possible unexploded device that had been washed up on the shore.Other local police forces also saw the funny side. A post from the Hackney Police twitter account read: “That is a Wapping great bauble. Fortunately not as given, but shows as our training teaches us 'expect the unexpected.
“I almost froze,” Xavier Lucassen, 45, told a Dutch newspaper at the time. “And of course I thought, Will this be the end?” Kind words from a neighbor and his partner kept him going through the ordeal, he explained. Staff called in an ordnance disposal team and buried the device before it could be deactivated. Local officials warned the public never to move suspicious devices themselves. “In all cases where an explosive ordnance is found, utmost caution is required," a local administration statement read. “The Ordnance Disposal Service strongly recommends that if a suspicious item, which could be ordnance, is found, it must not be moved but left at the site and the authorities are immediately informed.
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