United Kingdom: Man arrested for crashing his car into the Prime Minister’s residence in Downing Street

A man was arrested on Thursday after crashing his car into the metal access gates to Downing Streetthe prime minister’s residence British in the center of Londonreported the police specifying that it does not consider it a terrorist act.

“At around 4:20 p.m. (15:20 GMT), a car crashed into the gates of Downing Street in Whitehall”, the avenue into which Downing Street ends, said a statement from Scotland Yard.

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“Armed policemen detained a man at the scene, suspected of criminal damage and dangerous driving”, he added without further details about his identity, but specifying that there were no injuries and what happened was being investigated.

Two hours later, there was still “a small cordon outside Downing Street”, reported a second statement.

“The local agents of Westminster are dealing with the incident, which is not considered related to the incident at this time terrorism”, he added.

An hour and a half after the incident, the avenue was reopened to traffic and pedestrians.

Television footage showed a white vehicle driving slowly across Whitehall, before pulling up onto the pavement and bumping gently into the tall black fence, which appeared undamaged.

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These metal bars that close off access to the famous street where the British Prime Minister’s residence and offices are located were installed in 1989 for security reasons.

Before, the public could approach on foot to the famous black door of number 10, in front of which numerous prime ministers have appeared for decades before the cameras around the world.

Source: Elcomercio

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