British police have arrested an armed man outside Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth’s main residence in London, although it insists the suspect had no terror-related motives.
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), informally known as the Met, said in a statement on Sunday that the man possessed a Taser when he was arrested earlier in the day outside Buckingham Palace in central London.
“Police were called at 12.47hrs on Sunday 23 September to a report of a man detained by security staff at the visitor entrance to Buckingham Palace,” said the statement.
“Officers attended and at 13:00hrs a 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm, namely a Taser. He remains in custody at a central London police station at this stage.”
The Met said the man was standing in a line of people behind the visitor entrance to the palace when he was spotted by police forces.
It said the arrest was not terrorism-related, without…