Scoop Images: Bomb Scare Closes Wgtn CBD Streets
Photos By Spike Mountjoy
Police cordoned off several blocks off Featherston Street in Wellington's CBD this afternoon after receiving a bomb threat.
Police Press release On The Bomb Threat
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Where’s the Bomb? Supposedly in National Bank House on the corner of Featherston and Grey Streets opposite.
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Most of upper Featherston Street, Panama, and Grey Streets were cordoned off
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Upper Featherston Street at 4pm
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Special Police Response Van
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Police take equipment from the police response van into the National Bank
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More equipment being carried into National Bank House
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An officer battles gusts of wind to maintain the cordon
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