UK police arrest Knife-wielding man from outside parliament in London

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UK police arrest Knife-wielding man from outside parliament in London

British armed police detained a man on suspicion of having a knife after he ran,shouting towards one of the gates of the Westminster parliament in central London on Friday.

"The man-aged in his 30s-was arrested,"police said.

A witness at the scene told the man ran towards one of the gates to parliament where a militant killed a policeman less than three months ago.

Another witness told he saw police threatening to use a stun gun on the man.Pictures from the scene showed the man on the ground with an officer pointing a gun at him.

Officers later put the man in the back of a police van,a reporter said.parliament said it was aware of the incident.

The gates to parliament were closed and armed police were patrolling as usual inside the perimeter,a reporter inside the building said.

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