Moment man arrested outside Buckingham Palace ‘after gun cartridges thrown into grounds’

Eyewitness footage captures the moment a man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening (2 May).

The Metropolitan Police said the 59-year-old suspect was detained at around 7pm after threw a number of items - suspected to be shotgun cartridges - into the grounds.

Officers found the man to be in possession of a suspicious bag.

Specialist authorities attended the scene and a controlled explosion - which was heard live on television - was conducted as a precaution.

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