Armed police fire stun gun at knife-wielding man near British parliament
Source: Reuters
Fri Jun 16, 2017 | 10:18am EDT
British police said officers guarding one of the gates to the Westminster parliament in central London had fired a stun gun at a man who reached for a knife when they approached him on Friday but it was not initially being considered a terrorist incident.
London police (MPS) said the man was acting suspiciously at around 11 a.m. (6.00 a.m. ET) near one of the gates where a militant killed a policeman less than three months ago.
After firing a Taser stun gun, police detained the man. Armed police had guns trained on the suspect as he was restrained and bundled into a police van, witnesses at the scene told Reuters.
"The man reached for a knife," police said in a statement. "At this time it is too early to understand the motivation so we have not declared this a terrorist incident. However given the location, the circumstances and recent tragic events, the MPS Counter Terrorism Command will be investigating this incident."
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-westminster-idUSKBN19717R?il=0
Gee whiz, I wonder what weapons would be involved in a similar incident in THIS country?
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