Officers quickly cordoned off the area and were seen trying to negotiate with the stranger
An alarm prevailed on Thursday afternoon at Buckingham Palace, when an unknown man surprised security and handcuffed himself to the bars at the main gate.
Footage on social media showed a man in his 30s, dressed in a white T-shirt and black trousers, at the gates of the palace as hundreds of tourists gathered to view the iconic building.
🚨 | NEW: A man has handcuffed himself to the Buckingham Palace gates pic.twitter.com/zUOAbwGkVh
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) July 6, 2023
The policemen they quickly cordoned off the area and they appeared to be trying to reason with the stranger.
Emergency services rushed to assist the police officers who are already at the scene.
BREAKING: More ambulances arrive at Buckingham Palace as man handcuffs himself to the gates and threatens to hurt himself pic.twitter.com/iZpnmeTIsw
— Ryan (@breakingryan1) July 6, 2023
1/2 – At around 17:23hrs a man approached the gates of #BuckinghamPalace & handcuffed himself to them.
Officers in the area immediately approached the man, believed to be in his 30s, who began threatening to harm himself.
— MPS Westminster (@MPSWestminster) July 6, 2023
Source :Skai
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