British police shot dead a man brandishing two knives near parliament in central London, officers said on Monday, adding that the incident was not terror-related. The Metropolitan Police said officers on patrol at about 23:25 on Sunday noticed a man they believed was behaving suspiciously. In November last year, two people were killed in the London Bridge area. ALSO READ | UK to overhaul terror sentences after London knife attackOn both occasions, the attackers were wearing fake suicide vests. Security has also been tightened around Britain's parliament at Westminster after an attack in 2017 that killed five people on Westminster Bridge.

Source: News 24 March 09, 2020 12:00 UTC