Knife-wielding Man Stunned by Police Outside Buckingham Palace

By Alastair Jamieson, Staff writer, NBC News

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Knife-wielding Man Stunned by Police Outside Buckingham Palace

February 3, 2013 Updated Feb 3, 2013 at 11:43 AM PDT

A man holding a knife to his neck was immobilized with a stun gun by police outside London’s Buckingham Palace during Sunday’s Changing of the Guard ceremony.

Smartphone video of the incident, published on news sites including the Daily Telegraph, showed the man being brought to the ground by the police weapon.

He was immediately arrested and is in custody, according to a Metropolitan Police spokesman, although it is not yet clear if he will be charged with any offense.

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