Suspect arrested for plowing into Buckingham Palace gates
London's Metropolitan Police have charged a driver with suspicion of criminal damage after he crashed his car into the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Police in London have arrested a driver after he crashed his car into the gates of Buckingham Palace.
The crash early Saturday "is not being treated as terror-related," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Armed officers arrested a man at the scene on suspicion of criminal damage. He was taken to [a] hospital where following assessment he was sectioned under the Mental Health Act," the police added. "He has been released on bail and inquiries continue."
Images taken at the scene on Sunday showed one of the palace’s gates boarded up with a metal fence placed in front of it.
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The cause of the crash – which is not immediately clear – is under investigation.
Buckingham Palace said no members of the royal family were inside the building at the time of the incident and that the gate is being repaired, according to Reuters.
Last May, a man was arrested for allegedly throwing shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace just days ahead of King Charles’ coronation.
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In that incident, specialists attended and carried out a "controlled explosion" as a precaution, police said, without elaborating.
A man was also arrested in December 2022 after setting a small fire outside of Buckingham Palace’s front gates.
Video footage from that event showed two officers tackling the man to the ground before arresting him on suspicion of criminal damage.
Fox News’ Bradford Betz and Peter Aitken contributed to this report.
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