Times Square was evacuated due to a suspicious package, which was found to be harmless. NYPD and the Bomb Squad responded; streets were closed but later reopened.

Police are looking for a suspect after Times Square in central Manhattan, New York City, was evacuated following a bomb threat. The NYPD was called at around 10.32 am local time to reports of a suspicious package at West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue.

New York City police reopened Times Square in Midtown Manhattan to vehicles and pedestrians on Monday after a brief closure that followed a call about a suspicious device at West 43rd Street and Seventh Avenue,