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| Police injured outside Buckingham Palace | Police injured outside Buckingham Palace |
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| Two police officers have been injured while arresting a man armed with a knife outside Buckingham Palace. | Two police officers have been injured while arresting a man armed with a knife outside Buckingham Palace. |
| The officers were treated at the scene for minor arm injuries and were not taken to hospital, the Metropolitan Police said. | The officers were treated at the scene for minor arm injuries and were not taken to hospital, the Metropolitan Police said. |
| The force said the man, who was stopped outside the royal grounds, has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assault. | |
| It is too early to know whether it was terror related, police said. | |
| The BBC understands no members of the Royal Family were in Buckingham Palace during the incident. | |
| The Met would not comment on witness reports that a man was wrestled from a car by officers after appearing to drive his vehicle towards them. | |
| Kiana Williamson said: "They were trying to get the man out of the car, shouting, more police were arriving on to the scene and the man was fighting back." | |
| Another witness, Nicole Kyle, was walking home when she saw police head towards the palace. | |
| The 25-year-old said: "I was walking toward The Mall and St James's Park when I saw police rush down toward the palace in great numbers. | The 25-year-old said: "I was walking toward The Mall and St James's Park when I saw police rush down toward the palace in great numbers. |
| "As we got further down The Mall we saw armed police outside a police van, at which point we were able to walk closer to the palace still, where we were eventually stopped by a cordon. | "As we got further down The Mall we saw armed police outside a police van, at which point we were able to walk closer to the palace still, where we were eventually stopped by a cordon. |
| "All we were told was that there's been an incident." | |
| Natalie Wood wrote on Twitter: "Police still being called into Buckingham Palace. Everything on lockdown, heavily armed police seem calm." | |
| A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she would not comment on security issues. | A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she would not comment on security issues. |
| The area was sealed off by police, who remain at the scene and inquiries are ongoing. |