LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police investigating Friday’s sword attack outside Buckingham Palace in London arrested a second man on Sunday, as authorities in Belgium, Finland and Spain probed their own terror attacks. “The man was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism at 10:15 hours (0915 GMT) today and he has been taken into custody,” a police statement said. It came hours after Islamic State jihadists […]
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Buckingham Palace attacker had ‘4-foot sword,’ shouted ‘Allahu akbar’
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man arrested under the Terrorism Act after deliberately driving at police outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence in London had a “four-foot sword” in his car, police said on Saturday. Upon being challenged by officers, the 26-year-old attacker “reached for what we now know to be a four-foot sword which was in the front passenger foot well,” the police statement said. “The man, who repeatedly shouted Allahu akbar […]
Buckingham Palace knifeman arrested under Terrorism Act: police
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man who attacked police Friday with a knife outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence in London has been arrested under the Terrorism Act, police said. “Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command are now investigating the incident which occurred near Buckingham Palace,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.





