People hurt in London car collision
LONDON: London police said yesterday a number of pedestrians had been injured near the city’s Natural History Museum and that a man had been detained at the scene, but they were not treating the incident as terrorism-related.
British media reported a car had mounted the pavement outside the tourist attraction.
Police described the incident in the South Kensington area of west London as a collision and said the motive for the incident was under investigation.
“Inquiries to establish the circumstances and motive are under way,” police said.
A spokesman later said the incident was not being treated as terrorism-related at this stage. Police originally said a man was arrested at the scene, but later clarified he had only been detained.
Britain is on its second highest security alert level, meaning an attack by militants is considered highly likely, and there have been five attacks already this year, three involving a vehicle.
In March, a man drove a car into pedestrians on London’s Westminster Bridge killing four before stabbing a police officer to death in the grounds of Parliament.
Three Islamist militants drove into people on London Bridge in June before stabbing people at nearby restaurants and bars, killing eight and the same month a van was driven into worshippers near a mosque in north London, which left one man dead. Reuters