Metro Tunnel works paused due to bomb scare

Police and the bomb squad have been called to the Metro Tunnel construction site at St Kilda and Albert Roads following a bomb scare.

Roger who works at the site says works have been paused since he arrived at the site around 6:30 this morning.

“There were photos getting around of a … cardboard box with duck tape and wire hanging out of it inside the tunnel,” he told Tom Elliott, filling in for Neil Mitchell.

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Police have urged people to avoid the area until further notice.