[Will.]

Witnesses said that police screamed 'get down, get down' to a passenger
There were reports that the suspect had a 'gun in his bag'

Police said the terminal was evacuated due to a suspicious package

Eyewitness Tim Unwin tweeted that the terminal is in a 'shutdown situation'



Gatwick North Terminal has been evacuated after a terror scare.
Witnesses said that armed police arrested a man with a 'gun in a bag' and screamed 'get down, get down' before they restrained him.

Twitter user Mari Reynolds posted a message saying that a 'lockdown is in progress'.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...t-man-grenade-

[arista]

No one is Dead
thats good

[Will.]

Originally Posted by arista

No one is Dead
thats good

yeah,

Must have been a scary experience when everyone was told to get down.

[Cherie]

Security will be twitchy this morning, hopefully this will prove to be a false alarm

[Will.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Security will be twitchy this morning, hopefully this will prove to be a false alarm

yeah.

[Northern Monkey]

BBC News:"41 year old man from France being question by police after a firearm was found at Gatwick"