Police arrested a man at the scene after the incident on Thursday afternoon, she said.
In London, a car entered the cordon near British Prime Minister Richi Sunak’s office and residence in Downing Street. Police arrested a man at the scene after the incident on Thursday afternoon, she said. He is suspected of “criminal damage to property and dangerous driving”. There were no injuries, she said.
According to eyewitness accounts and video footage, a silver car drove slowly down the wide road of Whitehall, which is home to several government departments, and then apparently stopped at the curb at the entrance to Downing Street. The car then stopped there after hitting the metal fence of the barrier.
Police surrounded the driver and immediately evacuated the area. Eyewitness Simon Parry reported that he first heard a “loud bang”. So he looked and saw a lot of police with Tasers yelling at a man. The 44-year-old said sniffer dogs and a bomb disposal unit had also been deployed.
According to British media, Sunak was in Downing Street at the time of the incident, but left his official residence at number 10 shortly afterwards.
(APA)