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Natural History Museum: Metropolitan Police not currently treating incident in London as terror-related | Natural History Museum: Metropolitan Police not currently treating incident in London as terror-related |
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Police are not currently treating an incident involving a car outside the Natural History Museum as terrorism-related, The Independent understands. | |
Several pedestrians were left injured after a vehicle reportedly mounted a pavement outside the attraction in London. | Several pedestrians were left injured after a vehicle reportedly mounted a pavement outside the attraction in London. |
A man was pictured being held down by passers-by and police said they had detained a man. | |
But while officers continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident – and stress the situation could quickly change – no clear evidence has yet emerged that would suggest it was terrorist attack. | |
The Metropolitan Police has not given any further detail of the man detained. | |
A witness told The Independent: “I saw two cars, they crashed. Two men got out of one car and took one man from the other. That’s all I saw.” | |
Isis has advised supporters on how to carry out deadly vehicle rammings while intensifying calls for global terror attacks, as it continues to lose territory in Syria and Iraq. | |
The group encourages attackers to use a secondary weapon like a knife, as seen in Westminster and London Bridge, to cause maximum casualties after a crash. | |
Isis also tells supporters to make their allegiance clear during atrocities, either by shouting slogans, leaving letters and videos or displaying the group’s flag in their vehicles – none of which have yet been reported in this case. | |
Downing Street said the Prime Minister was being kept up-to-date on developments. |
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