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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4451870/Armed-police-seal-Parliament-Square.html
Armed police tackled a suspected terrorist 'with a rucksack full of knives' near Parliament Square this afternoon - just five weeks after the Westminster terror attack killed five people.
A bundle of gruesome-looking knives were seen on the floor after a team of officers swooped and arrested a bearded man dressed all in black shortly before 2:30pm.
Witnesses said the man, who was wearing a tracksuit and trainers, was crossing Whitehall amid the usual crowds of tourists and political staff when a police car suddenly pulled up and officers confronted him.
A large number of armed officers then flooded the scene as the suspect was pinned to the ground just yards from Downing Street. He was then held against the wall of the Treasury before being taken away in a van to a police station.
The area was then sealed off as Scotland Yard's forensics experts investigated the scene, where at least three knives and a rucksack were seen laying on the ground on a central reservation.
Police say the arrest was made following a 'stop and search' which was part on an ongoing operation. The suspect - who has not been named but is 27 years old and thought to be known to police - is being questioned by anti-terror detectives at a south London police station.
Armed police tackled a suspected terrorist 'with a rucksack full of knives' near Parliament Square this afternoon - just five weeks after the Westminster terror attack killed five people.
A bundle of gruesome-looking knives were seen on the floor after a team of officers swooped and arrested a bearded man dressed all in black shortly before 2:30pm.
Witnesses said the man, who was wearing a tracksuit and trainers, was crossing Whitehall amid the usual crowds of tourists and political staff when a police car suddenly pulled up and officers confronted him.
A large number of armed officers then flooded the scene as the suspect was pinned to the ground just yards from Downing Street. He was then held against the wall of the Treasury before being taken away in a van to a police station.
The area was then sealed off as Scotland Yard's forensics experts investigated the scene, where at least three knives and a rucksack were seen laying on the ground on a central reservation.
Police say the arrest was made following a 'stop and search' which was part on an ongoing operation. The suspect - who has not been named but is 27 years old and thought to be known to police - is being questioned by anti-terror detectives at a south London police station.