RT
June 16, 2017
British police have arrested a man suspected of carrying a knife outside the Palace of Westminster after he ran, shouting, towards one of the gates on Friday afternoon.
A member of public reportedly shouted “knife, knife, knife,” according to one Sun reporter.
Witnesses say the man, who is in his 30s, was shouting and running towards one of the main gates to parliament.
Police say a taster was discharged. The suspect was pinned to the ground while officers pointed a gun at him.
He was taken away in a police van.
The incident is not thought to be terrorism related, the BBC understands.
Man tasered outside Parliament after shouts of ‘knife, knife, knife’ – being held at gunpoint #GrenfallTower
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) June 16, 2017
The incident occurred at around 11.10am local time on Friday.
Traffic is flowing normally around Parliament and armed officers are patrolling the area, Reuters reports.
“You could tell he was suspicious, he was stood there fists clenched. He looked quite an angry geezer,” Bradley Allen, 19, told Reuters.
“We got seconds down the road and they had him on the floor, pinned. Police around him, telling everyone to move back.”
Another witness told Reuters: “There were about three or four policeman, one of them shouting at the crowd to get back.
“The guy was on the ground on his front on the pavement alongside Parliament Square. They had him on the ground and were warning they would taze him again.”
Man arrested outside Houses of Parliament. Pavement cleared, lots of police. Traffic still passing pic.twitter.com/7tcfZeLPaG
— Michael Crick (@MichaelLCrick) June 16, 2017
In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said: “At 11:10hrs on Friday, 16 June, a man was detained near to the Palace of Westminster.
“The man – aged in his 30s – was arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife. There are no…