LONDON — Armed police arrested one man after a automotive crashed into the gates of the UK prime minister’s Downing Street workplace and residence in central London on Thursday, Scotland Yard mentioned.
“At around 16:20 (1520 GMT) a car collided with the gates of Downing Street on Whitehall. Armed officers arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving,” police mentioned in an announcement.
No accidents have been reported and police added that enquiries have been ongoing.
Video footage of the incident confirmed a white automotive driving at low pace throughout Whitehall, the place many authorities ministries are positioned.
It appeared to then mount the footpath and got here to a halt after hitting the massive metallic gates that guard the doorway to Downing Street.
Other footage confirmed a police cordon surrounding the automotive, with its boot open.
Downing Street is a brief stroll from the Houses of Parliament, and the realm has a excessive safety presence with limitations on the footpath and in entrance of presidency buildings following earlier incidents.
Large gates have been put up on the entrance to Downing Street in 1989 on account of IRA bomb assaults in London, and the group launched three selfmade mortar shells on the prime minister’s residence in 1991.
The gates are the primary line of safety, with armed police stationed on the entrance. Official vehicles getting into the road usually must be checked earlier than strengthened bollards are lowered to permit them by. — Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
