One man was wounded in a stabbing exterior the British Museum in central London on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police stated, including that it was an remoted incident and {that a} suspect had been arrested.
The sufferer was taken to the hospital, the police stated on social media. The incident occurred at about 10 a.m. close to the entrance entrance of the museum, one among London’s hottest vacationer points of interest. The museum was evacuated and later stated that it could be briefly closed.
There was “no excellent danger to the general public,” the police stated. By noon, there was a heavy police presence exterior the museum, and a number of other close by eating places had closed. A line of a number of hundred folks fashioned across the block as they waited for the museum to reopen.
The British Museum, which had greater than 4 million visits final 12 months, stated in an announcement that it had elevated safety.
