Man climbs Palace of Westminster tower with Palestinian flag

Emergency providers have been referred to as to the Palace of Westminster, the place a person has scaled one of many buildings carrying a Palestinian flag.

A barefoot man was seen stood on a ledge a number of metres up Elizabeth Tower, which homes Huge Ben.

The Met Police mentioned officers had been referred to as to the tower at 07:24 GMT on Saturday.

“Officers are on the scene working to convey the incident to a secure conclusion,” the pressure mentioned.

A minimum of 9 emergency service autos lined Bridge Avenue in central London and crowds regarded on from past a police cordon.

At round 10:00 BST, 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, which is on the north finish of Westminster Bridge, is 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 isn’t any disruption to Tube providers and passengers can use different exits.

A spokesman for London Hearth Brigade (LFB) mentioned they had been responding to the incident alongside the police.

Crews from Lambeth, Chelsea, Soho and Islington fireplace stations have been deployed, LFB mentioned.

The London Ambulance added that it had despatched an ambulance crew, an incident response officer, and members of its hazardous space response group (HART) to the scene.