Man with knife arrested after injuring police officers outside Buckingham Palace

A police officer stands at a cordon after London police arrested a man carrying a knife outside Buckingham Palace in London on Friday. Hannah McKay / Reuters

Two police officers were injured when detaining a man carrying a knife outside Buckingham Palace in London late on Friday night.

The Metropolitan Police reported that the officers received minor injuries and were treated by ambulance services on the scene. They were not transported to hospital, and no other injuries have been reported.

The suspect has been detained on suspicion of assault on a police officer and intent to commit grievous bodily harm.

The attack occurred on The Mall, a thoroughfare that passes by the palace, and images seen on social media show a heavy police presence and a cordon blocking off the area in front of the London landmark.

Officers remain on the scene and investigation is ongoing.

The attack comes hours after a man was shot after attacking two soldiers with a knife in Brussels, Belgium. The suspect was injured in the street but later died in hospital, according to Belgium’s federal prosecutor, while one soldier was lightly injured. The Guardian reported Belgian authorities were treating the attack as a terrorist act.

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