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Man Outside U.K. Parliament Carrying Knives Is Arrested Man Outside U.K. Parliament Carrying Knives Is Arrested
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LONDON — A 27-year-old man carrying knives was arrested Thursday afternoon near Parliament by the London police, who charged him with planning a terrorist attack.LONDON — A 27-year-old man carrying knives was arrested Thursday afternoon near Parliament by the London police, who charged him with planning a terrorist attack.
No one was hurt, but the episode immediately rekindled anxieties about the terrorist attack outside Parliament on March 22, when a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood, drove a vehicle into a group of pedestrians, killing four, and stabbed a police officer to death.No one was hurt, but the episode immediately rekindled anxieties about the terrorist attack outside Parliament on March 22, when a 52-year-old British man, Khalid Masood, drove a vehicle into a group of pedestrians, killing four, and stabbed a police officer to death.
The area around Parliament was cordoned off once again on Thursday as armed police officers descended on the scene in a grim routine that has become too familiar in major European cities in recent years.The area around Parliament was cordoned off once again on Thursday as armed police officers descended on the scene in a grim routine that has become too familiar in major European cities in recent years.
The Metropolitan Police, as the police in London are known, said the man was arrested around 2:22 p.m. after he was stopped and searched in a procedure similar to stop-and-frisk operations in the United States.The Metropolitan Police, as the police in London are known, said the man was arrested around 2:22 p.m. after he was stopped and searched in a procedure similar to stop-and-frisk operations in the United States.
The arrest took place a short distance from 10 Downing Street, the office and official residence of Prime Minister Theresa May. She was in Derbyshire in central England on Thursday.The arrest took place a short distance from 10 Downing Street, the office and official residence of Prime Minister Theresa May. She was in Derbyshire in central England on Thursday.
The man, whose name was not released, was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, the police said. He was taken to a police station in South London. The man, whose name was not made public, was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon and on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism, the police said. He was taken to a police station in South London.
“Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command are continuing their investigation, and as a result of this arrest, there is no immediate known threat,” the police said in a statement.“Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command are continuing their investigation, and as a result of this arrest, there is no immediate known threat,” the police said in a statement.
Later on Thursday, British police said officers shot a woman and arrested four other people in London and nearby Kent during a counterterrorism investigation, Reuters reported.
All four people were arrested under antiterrorism laws, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement, adding that the episode was not connected to the arrest of the man carrying knives near Parliament.
The woman who was shot is in serious but stable condition, the police said. She has not been arrested yet and is under police guard at the hospital, according to the statement.
The police did not make public the names of the five people, who the police said had been under observation by counterterrorism officers as part of an ongoing intelligence-led operation.