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Sunday 3 February 2013

Shocking footage shows man holding six-inch knife to his throat before being tasered by police as he ran towards them wielding two blades during Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace

Culled From Daily Mail
 A man was tasered by police today after holding a knife to his throat outside Buckingham Palace.
The dramatic incident saw the man brandish two knives in front of hundreds of terrified tourists watching the popular Changing of the Guard event at 11.50am outside the palace in central London.
The scene was cordoned off 30 yards from the palace gates and an ambulance was nearby. Two knives with six-inch blades and a pair of Nike high top trainers lay inside the cordoned-off area. More pictures after the cut....


Taser wire also lay on the floor with four plastic tubes for removing sharp objects. A hat and a black carrier bag containing paper material with a handkerchief beside it also lay on the ground.
Police at the scene were telling members of the public that a man ‘tried to make an exhibition of himself during the guard change’ and that there were ‘mental health issues’.

The Queen and Prince Philip were at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk at the time of the incident. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said they would not comment as it was a police matter.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘It was approximately 11.50. A man was seen outside the centre gate in possession of two knives.

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