Man climbs Houses of Parliament holding Palestinian flag

Saturday 08 March 2025 12:12 pm
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Saturday 08 March 2025 12:19 pm

Emergency providers have been known as to the Palace of Westminster the place a person has scaled one of many buildings.

Video on social media exhibits a barefoot man stood on a ledge holding a Palestine flag a number of metres up Elizabeth Tower, which homes Huge Ben.

At the very least 9 emergency service automobiles lined Bridge Avenue in central London and crowds appeared on from past a police cordon.

A Met Police spokesperson mentioned: “At 7.24am on Saturday March 8 officers had been alerted to a person climbing up the Elizabeth Tower on the Homes of Parliament.

“Officers are on the scene working to convey the incident to a protected conclusion. They’re being assisted by the London Hearth Brigade and the London Ambulance Service.”

At round 10am on Saturday, three emergency personnel had been lifted a number of metres up on a fireplace brigade aerial ladder platform with one individual utilizing a megaphone to talk to the person on the ledge.

Bridge Avenue and Westminster Bridge have been closed to permit the emergency providers to cope with the incident, police confirmed.

It’s understood one exit of Westminster Tube station is closed, however there is no such thing as a disruption to Tube providers and passengers can use different exits.

A spokesman for London Hearth Brigade (LFB) mentioned: “Firefighters are responding alongside the Metropolitan Police Service to experiences of an individual scaling the Palace of Westminster.”

Crews from Lambeth, Chelsea, Soho and Islington hearth stations have been deployed, LFB added.

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