Buckingham Palace gates are boarded up after driver crashed into them with cops yelling 'keep your hands on your head' | 25BY726 | 2024-03-18 06:08:01
Dramatic footage exhibits armed police surrounding the motorist, who was on his kne
BUCKINGHAM Palace's gates have been boarded up after a automotive smashed into them within the early hours of Saturday morning.
Dramatic footage exhibits armed police surrounding the motorist, who was on his knees, as they yelled "hold your arms in your head!".
Officers swooped after the car rammed into the primary entrance gates of the royal residence in Westminster, central London.
The Met Police stated a man had been arrested on suspicion of felony injury.
The gates stay boarded up right now.
A witness to the incident, who wished to stay anonymous, stated he watched the scene unfold at round 2:30am Saturday after hearing a 'loud bang'.
He stated: "I heard a loud bang, and I appeared over and the automotive had crashed into Buckingham Palace.
"Police have been on the scene pretty shortly – they usually acquired the man out and arrested him."
The Met stated there were no reviews of any accidents.
A police spokesperson stated: "At round 2.35am on Saturday, March 9, a automotive collided with the gates of Buckingham Palace.
"Armed officers arrested a person on the scene on suspicion of legal injury.
"He was taken to hospital where following assessment he was sectioned beneath the Mental Health Act.
"He has been released on bail and enquiries continue.
"The matter shouldn't be being handled as terror-related."
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> In a separate incident in Might final yr, a person was arrested after throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
David Huber, 60, was sentenced to a two-year group order which included 12 months of mental health remedy.
And in July a person handcuffed himself to the gates of Buckingham Palace – triggering an pressing police response.
In Might 2022, a man was arrested at Buckingham Palace for trespassing and telling employees: "I need to see the Queen."
Meanwhile in December 2021 an American tourist was fined £200 after leaping over the fence into the Mews on the afternoon of December 10 last yr within the midst of a psychotic episode.
Armed officers arrested the person on the scene on suspicion of felony injury[/caption]
Buckingham Palace boarded up following the incident[/caption]
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