LONDON—British armed police fired a stun gun at a man who reached for a knife as he ran toward officers guarding one of the gates to the Westminster parliament in central London on Friday, witnesses said.
Police said the man was acting suspiciously at around 11:00 am (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 man as he was restrained and bundled into a police van, witnesses at the scene told Reuters.
“The man reached for a knife,” police said. “Nobody was injured.”
Armed police officers secure the Carriage Gate entrance as they stand outside the Palace of Westminster, in central London, Britain June 16, 2017. Reuters/Peter Nicholls
