Buckingham Palace on lockdown: Two cops injured as police arrest driver ‘armed with a MACHETE’ after he stops his car on The Mall – as terrified tourists look on

Machete? Who could it be? How many car ramming/jihad knife attacks have we seen in this area have we seen this year?

Buckingham Palace on lockdown: Two officers injured as police arrest driver in his twenties ‘armed with a MACHETE’ after he stops his car on The Mall – as terrified tourists look on

A man armed with a sword was stopped by police outside Buckingham Palace
Two officers suffered ‘minor injuries’ when they tried to detain the man in London
He was later arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police

August 25, 2017, By Abe Hawken For Mailonline:

Buckingham Palace is on lockdown after police arrested a man who allegedly attacked two officers while armed with a sword in front of frightened tourists.

Police stopped the man on The Mall at 8.35pm and discovered he was carrying a knife and two officers suffered ‘minor injuries’ to their arms when they detained him.

The man, who is in his 20s, was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault on police. Officers remain outside the world famous building this evening.

One witness described seeing the man wrestled from a car by police having apparently driven his vehicle towards them.

wrestled from a car by police having apparently driven his vehicle towards them.

Officers rushed to Buckingham Palace after a man armed with a knife was arrested on Friday night

The Metropolitan Police confirmed no other people were caught up or injured during the incident

Buckingham Palace is on lockdown after police arrested a man who allegedly attacked two officers while armed with a sword in front of frightened tourists.

Police stopped the man on The Mall at 8.35pm and discovered he was carrying a knife and two officers suffered ‘minor injuries’ to their arms when they detained him.

The Metropolitan Police confirmed no other people were caught up or injured during the incident
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Kiana Williamson said: ‘We turned up and there was one police van and one car, there was also a civilian’s car that had veered towards the police car.

‘They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting, more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back.

‘I saw one injured policeman with an injury to his arm although it didn’t look severe. He was being tended to by another officer.

‘The man had been restrained and looked almost unconscious by the side of the road.

‘I didn’t see the car driving but the car had been left at the side of the road and an eye witness had said that he had driven towards the police car.’

The whole encounter lasted around one minute, she added.

Social media users suggested the alleged attacker was carrying a sword – while others said he was holding a machete.

The Metropolitan Police said it was too early to know whether the incident was terror related.