Soccer match abandoned after suspect package found

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May 15, 2016 at 11:44 AM

Police use sniffer dogs as fans are evacuated from Old Trafford stadium before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

Fans are evacuated prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Morton/Getty Images)

Wayne Rooney, second from right, of Manchester United leaves the field with his teammates before the match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth was called off at Old Trafford stadium on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Sections of Old Trafford stadium are evacuated before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Andrew Yates/Livepic/Reuters)

Fans and players leave the pitch and Stretford End stand after an announcement to evacuate before the English Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

A police officer during the English Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England. The stadium was evacuated and the match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth was abandoned after a suspicious package was discovered prior to kickoff on May 15, 2016. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Fans are evacuated and the match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, is postponed on May 15, 2016, after a suspicious package was found. (Alex Morton/Getty Images)

Manchester United players leave the field before the match was abandoned prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Fans are evacuated before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Morton/Getty Images)

Fans are evacuated before the match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford was abandoned on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Bournemouth fans before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

Fans and players leave the pitch and North and West stands after an announcement to evacuate before the English Premier League match at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. The match was later abandoned after a suspicious package was found in the stadium. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Fans are evacuated from Old Trafford stadium before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

Police search a bag in the stands after fans were evacuated prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford stadium on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Fans are evacuated prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford stadium on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Morton/Getty Images)

Officials inspect the stands after fans are evacuated from Old Trafford stadium before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

A sniffer dog patrols the stands after fans were evacuated prior to the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

A view of the empty stadium before before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

A view of empty seats after the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth at Old Trafford is abandoned on May 15, 2016, in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Police use sniffer dogs as fans are evacuated from Old Trafford stadium before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

Police use sniffer dogs as fans are evacuated from Old Trafford stadium before the Barclays Premier League match between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth in Manchester, England, on May 15, 2016. (Jason Cairnduff/Livepic/Action Images via Reuters)

Manchester United’s home game against Bournemouth in the Premier League has been abandoned after a suspect package was found inside Old Trafford stadium.

Greater Manchester police said on its Twitter page Sunday that the match had been abandoned.

Two stands inside Old Trafford — The Sir Alex Ferguson Stand and the Stretford End — were evacuated about 30 minutes before the scheduled kickoff at 3 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), with United saying “a suspect package was found in the North West Quadrant.”

Fans in other stands initially had been allowed to stay inside the stadium.

Police are asking people to “avoid the area if possible.”

The rest of the Premier League games being played on Sunday, the final day of the season, went ahead as scheduled. (AP)

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