SHOPPERS fled an Asda shop this afternoon after an alleged bomb threat.
A spokesperson for the chain told The Sun that the store in Bootle, Merseyside, was closed for around an hour at 11am this morning.
It has now reopened as usual, Asda said.
The store descended into mayhem this morning, with some customers left “crying and screaming”;.
Shoppers and staff were forced to evacuate after rumours of a “bomb threat”;.
Posts online said: “Apparently someone is in there with some sort of explosive”; while others claimed it was a machete.
Another said on X: “A bomb scare at the Bootle Asda is one way to start me Friday.”;
A Facebook post read: “Just been evacuated from Asda Bootle, everyone [is] running out screaming [and] crying.
“Have to say one of the scariest things that’s ever happened to me.
“They’re saying [there is] a bomb in there. Everyone stay away from Asda Bootle.”;
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