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| Met Police question man, ‘actively seek’ another after anti-lockdown protesters chase BBC journalist through London | Met Police question man, ‘actively seek’ another after anti-lockdown protesters chase BBC journalist through London |
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| London’s Metropolitan Police have questioned one man and are hunting a second after BBC Newsnight’s political editor Nicholas Watt was chased through the streets of the UK capital during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions. | London’s Metropolitan Police have questioned one man and are hunting a second after BBC Newsnight’s political editor Nicholas Watt was chased through the streets of the UK capital during a protest against Covid-19 restrictions. |
| Officers have interviewed a man in his 50s at a police station in Hertfordshire and are searching for a second man who has been identified, the Met said in a statement on Tuesday. | Officers have interviewed a man in his 50s at a police station in Hertfordshire and are searching for a second man who has been identified, the Met said in a statement on Tuesday. |
| Dramatic footage showed Watt being confronted by protesters close to Downing Street on Monday ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that the further lifting of Covid-19 lockdown in England would be delayed by four weeks. | Dramatic footage showed Watt being confronted by protesters close to Downing Street on Monday ahead of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that the further lifting of Covid-19 lockdown in England would be delayed by four weeks. |
| Watt was filmed approaching members of a group called Resistance GB, before he was accosted and chased, and eventually escaped behind a police line. | Watt was filmed approaching members of a group called Resistance GB, before he was accosted and chased, and eventually escaped behind a police line. |
| “We also want to hear from anyone who can identify others involved in the incident,” the Met statement said. | “We also want to hear from anyone who can identify others involved in the incident,” the Met statement said. |
| “We acknowledge the concerns that have been raised about the police response during this incident,” it added, saying the force’s handling of “policing of events for all Londoners” would be reviewed. | “We acknowledge the concerns that have been raised about the police response during this incident,” it added, saying the force’s handling of “policing of events for all Londoners” would be reviewed. |
| Johnson earlier condemned the incident, saying in a tweet it was “disgraceful to see the hounding of Nick Watt doing his job.” | Johnson earlier condemned the incident, saying in a tweet it was “disgraceful to see the hounding of Nick Watt doing his job.” |
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