The address had been under observation and the woman who was shot was one of the subjects of the investigation, Basu said. Hours later in Harlesden, a suburb in north London, armed police launched an unrelated counter-terrorism operation that resulted in six arrests overnight, five in the area and one in Kent, south-east England. Construction worker David Wisniowski, who was working on a building site next to the incident, said he saw one knife and two small knives on the ground. “They stopped and searched him as part of an continuing counter-terrorism investigation,” Mr Basu said.įirearms officers surrounded the bearded man and pinned him to the ground, before handcuffing him. They had begun investigating him after getting a tip-off from someone close to him and had apparently followed him to Westminster that day. It is understood that police and the UK’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, had been tracking the man who was arrested on Thursday, only metres from parliament and prime minister Theresa May’s official residence in Downing Street. Police have said they may never know why he did it. He ran inside and knifed to death a policeman, before being shot. Khalid Masood drove a car through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before crashing into the gates of parliament. “Due to these arrests that have been made yesterday, in both cases I believe we have contained the threats that they posed,” Mr Basu said.īritain’s national terror threat level has been at “severe”, meaning an attack is highly likely, since August 2014 - and remained unchanged after the attack on parliament on March 22. Six people have been arrested as part of the probe, while the woman - who is also suspected of involvement - remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Just hours later, armed police raided a property in north London as part of an unrelated counter-terrorism investigation, firing CS gas as they entered and shooting a woman in her 20s. We are making arrests on a near daily basis.”Ī 27-year-old man remains in custody after being arrested near parliament on suspicion of terrorism offences and possession of knives, in what police confirmed had been an continuing investigation. “I wanted to reassure the public that this increased level of terrorist activity is being matched by our action.

He confirmed there had been six arrests overnight. “Yesterday was an extraordinary day in London,” said Neil Basu, deputy assistant commissioner of London’s police force, the Metropolitan police. Just weeks after the attack on the Houses of Parliament that left five people dead and scores injured, London is once again on high alert as Britain prepares for a snap election on June 8. The Sheriff’s Office regrets the mistake and the incident is under review.Ĭopyright 2020 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.LONDON // British police on Friday warned they were facing an “increased level of terrorist activity”, the day after a knifeman was arrested near parliament and a woman was shot in a separate police raid. Deputies subsequently realized they made a mistake and the Sheriff’s Office arranged to have the door replaced.

1 mistakenly approached the wrong home in the 21100 block of Royal Villa Drive and damaged the front door. They released the following statement:ĭeputies attempting to execute an arrest warrant on Sept. KPRC 2 asked the Harris County Sheriffs Office about the incident. However, he told KPRC 2 he would of liked to talk to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. Rodriguez said he was issued an apology shortly after the incident. “They demeaned me and degraded me in front of my family whether I had been a police officer and I probably hadn’t thing of importance in my career,” he said. Rodriguez, who was with Houston police for over 25 years, said he tried to inform the deputies of his law enforcement past. I wasn’t sure they were police officers,” said Rodriguez. The officers eventually broke the door down and charged in. “The officers are looking for a Curtis Rogers, and there’s no Curtis Rogers that lives in this house,” said Rodriguez’s stepson. In the video taken, Rodriguez’s stepson warns deputies they had the wrong house. Rodriguez and his family were home at the time of the incident on Sept. Louis Rodriguez said deputies had the wrong house and busted down his front door while serving an arrest warrant earlier this month. A retired Houston police officer has filed a formal complaint against the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

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