Væpnet politi utenfor Westminster i London i dag. (foto: Reuters/Will James)

En mann med kniv ble fredag pågrepet utenfor Parlamentet i London.

Det opplyser politiet i den britiske hovedstaden. Væpnet politi rykket ut til stedet etter at det ble hørt roping og skudd, ifølge nyhetsbyrået Reuters:

A witness at the scene told Reuters the man ran towards one of the gates to parliament where a militant killed a policeman less than three months ago.

Another witness told Reuters he saw police threatening to use a stun gun on the man. Pictures from the scene showed the man on the ground with an officer pointing a gun at him.

Officers later put the man in the back of a police van, a Reuters reporter said. Parliament said it was aware of the incident.

For mindre enn tre måneder siden, 22. mars, kjørte Khalid Masood ned fotgjengere med bil på Westminster Bridge, og knivstakk og drepte en politimann på parlamentets område.

A suicide bombing in Manchester and a deadly attack on London Bridge thrust security and policing to the fore of the campaign before last Thursday’s election.

Storbritannia er on edge.