A false alarm about firing and explosion resulted in panic and mayhem at London's Oxford Circus on Friday evening during the Black Friday sale. According to sources, the Metropolitan Police started receiving panic calls from people reporting gunshots and explosion in and around Oxford Circus Subway station at about 4:38 PM. Police said they were responding "as if the incident is terrorist related," sending armed officers to the scene, cordoning off several blocks and telling people to avoid the area. The search went on for an hpur but the police could neither find a suspect nor evidences of firing. The city of Manchester was also traumatized by a bombing at a concert arena, which killed 22 people.

Source: India Today November 24, 2017 23:37 UTC