London police said in a statement that “a security cordon has been put in place after a suspicious bag was found in the possession of the man”, adding that his officers detonated it as a precaution, according to “Agence France Presse”.
She pointed out that the arrest took place around 7:00 p.m. local time (6:00 p.m. GMT).
She said she arrested the man after he approached the gates of Buckingham Palace, where he threw objects “suspected of being cartridges” on the palace grounds, according to the “Reuters” agency.
She explained that she “arrested the man suspected of possessing a weapon (for the purpose of) the attack”.
Britain is due to attend the coronation ceremony next Saturday for Britain’s new king, Charles III, to succeed his late mother, Elizabeth II, who died last year.
Charles, 74, will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London, in a grand ceremony in which he will wear or hand over special ceremonial dress decorated with religious and historical symbols.
Around 5,000 members of the British Armed Forces are taking part in securing the ceremony, joined by soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth nations, to form one of the biggest military celebrations in decades.
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