Global Courant 2023-05-25 21:21:17
LONDON – Armed police arrested a man on Thursday after a car drove into the gates of Downing Street, where British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and several other leading politicians live.
“A man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. “There are no reports of injuries.”
Shortly after the incident, a video shared by the BBC appeared to show a hatchback approaching the Downing Street entrance relatively slowly.
Images posted on social media showed the car parked at the gate of the street, surrounded by emergency services.
Large areas of the surrounding area were closed off to the public as a significant police deployment entered the area.
Sunak’s office would not say if he was home at the time of the incident, as many government employees left their nearby offices for the day.
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