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| Armed police arrest man in Westminster suspected of carrying knives | |
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| Armed police have cordoned off Whitehall after a man reportedly carrying knives was tackled and arrested by police. | |
| Photos shared on social media show a large knife lying on the pavement on Parliament Street next to a smaller knife, and a policeman in forensic gear taking photographs of a bag abandoned next to them. | |
| Eyewitnesses told the Evening Standard a man had been carrying “a rucksack of knives.” | |
| Luke William told the newspaper he was driving past as police flooded the area. “There was a man being held against the wall by armed police. On the floor was a backpack with knives falling out of it.” | |
| Witnesses say buildings on Horse Guards Road were put on lock down. | |
| The Metropolitan Police say one man has been arrested. There are no reports of injuries. | The Metropolitan Police say one man has been arrested. There are no reports of injuries. |
| Photos show a number of armed police at the scene, close to Prime Minister Theresa May’s ministerial offices. | |
| Armed and unarmed officers are still on the scene, which is just yards away from where Khalid Masood launched a terror attack that killed five people, including a police officer Keith Palmer, last month. | |
| Masood crashed his car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, before stabbing Palmer to death on the forecourt of the Palace of Westminster. | |
| In a tweet, Transport for London (TfL) said the area was closed due to a police incident, and that long delays should be expected. |