London police arrest man 'preparing act of terror'


  • World
  • Thursday, 27 Apr 2017

Firearms officers detain a man on Whitehall near the Houses of Parliament in central London on April 27, 2017 before being taken away by police. - AFP

LONDON: Police swooped on a man armed with knives metres away from the Houses of Parliament in London on Thursday, arresting him on suspicion of preparing “acts of terrorism”.

The 27-year-old man was pinned to the ground in the middle of the road close to the Treasury and entrances to Westminster station on the London Underground train network.

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