International
26-yr-old man arrested outside Buckingham palace for attacking policeman
A yet-to-be identified 26-year-old man has been arrested by cops in the UK on suspicion of inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault on two police officers outside Buckingham palace.
At approximately 8:35 p.m., “a man stopped his car in a restricted area near a police vehicle on the Mall roundabout near Spur Road,” Metropolitan Police said in statement. “Officers at the Mall spotted a large bladed weapon in his vehicle and went to arrest him.”
Read also: Russia warns US against expanding sanctions against N’Korea
During the course of detaining the man, two male police officers suffered minor injuries to their arm. Both injured officers were taken to hospital for treatment and have since been discharged.
Metropolitan Police announced a few hours after the incident that detectives from its Counter Terrorism Command are investigating the suspect who was arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000.
RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears
Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...