Police in Moscow have evacuated almost 3,000 people from three different railway stations after receiving an anonymous bomb threat, Russian news agencies reported.

The TASS news agency said police planned to use sniffer dogs to check the Kazansky, Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky railway stations.

All three stations are located on the same Moscow square.

The security services received a phone call from an unknown person warning about one or more explosive devices.

Passengers and staff were moved to safety as specialist bomb squads moved in to comb the area.

Source: Reuters