Portsmouth, NH:
seacoastonline.com

A report of a possible bomb on a bus near downtown Portsmouth caused police to evacuate the Hanover Street area late Thursday morning.

At approximately 11:45 a.m. police and firefighters were on scene evacuating Hanover Street from Maplewood Avenue to Market Street, and had surrounded a Greyhound bus with approximately 17 passengers on board, while watching a subject inside, according to emergency radio communications.

Police Chief Lou Ferland said police received information that there may be a subject on the bus with a bomb.

FBI agents arrived on scene at approximately 12:17 p.m.

Others responding to the scene included the Seacoast Emergency Response Team (SERT), the N.H. State Police bomb disposal unit, an Exeter Police special operations vehicle and a K-9 unit from Dover. At approximately 12:30 p.m. an armored vehicle was also en route from Rye.

According to Portsmouth Police Cpt. Mike Schwartz, there were 17 people on the bus, the driver was not on board during the response, and there has been phone contact with a passenger.

As of 12:40 p.m. police had not named a suspect, and are urging people to stay away from the downtown area.

unionleader.com

SWAT teams are being called to the scene, the hood on the bus is raised and early reports from the scene indicate a suspicious device was found on the bus. There are passengers on the bus. The nearby Hilton Hotel is being evacuated.