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A man was tasered by police today after holding a knife to his throat outside Buckingham Palace.

The dramatic incident saw the man, Talhat Rehman, brandish two knives in front of hundreds of terrified tourists watching the popular Changing of the Guard event at 11.50am outside the palace in central London.

The scene was cordoned off 30 yards from the palace gates and an ambulance was nearby. Two knives with six-inch blades and a pair of Nike high top trainers lay inside the cordoned-off area.

The man charged towards a police officer outside Buckingham Palace who fired a taser gun at him

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[Johnny Wadd]

Serves him fuckin' right

In the Us he'd of died in a hail of lead

[bdjackass318]

Originally Posted by Johnny Wadd ↗

Serves him fuckin' right

In the Us he'd of died in a hail of lead

Yeah that fucker would never had a chance in the United States.

[Faline]

Psycho

[Rudebwoy]

Never bring a knife to a...taser fight?

[Seven Of Nine]

Is the lady cop yelling "Ladies and Gentlemen phones down"?

[DiamondSmiles]

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Telegraph.co.uk

Tuesday 05 February 2013

Knife-wielding man shot with Taser outside Buckingham Palace in court

A man who was stopped by police with a Taser stun gun as he ran towards Buckingham Palace wielding two knives has been charged and will appear in court today.

By Victoria Ward and Sam Marsden
8:01AM GMT 04 Feb 2013

Talhat Rehman, 54, broke from a crowd of tourists in the middle of the Changing of the Guard ceremony yesterday morning, holding one blade to his chest and another to his throat.

As an officer tried to intervene, he lunged at him waving both knives and was shot with the stun gun before being arrested and taken away in a police van.

Mr Rehman, of Harrow, North West London, was later charged with two counts of possessing a bladed weapon in public and one of affray. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court later today.

"He was not making threats to members of the public but he was challenged by police. He acted aggressively and a Taser was discharged,” a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

Officers at the scene suggested that Mr Rehman was known to them and was mentally ill. He had previously worked at the Maharaja Halal butcher a mile from his home address, it was reported.

A police cordon was thrown around the scene just 30 metres from the palace gates.

The two knives Mr Rehman had been carrying, an Afghan-style hat, a set of prayer beads and his high-top trainers remained within the cordon alongside Taser barb, the wire released as the electrical current is discharged from the gun.

The Band of the Grenadier Guards played on through the melee as baffled tourists watched the incident unfold shortly before 12pm.

Josh Greenberg, a sixth-form student at St Paul's School in London, said, “I was walking past the palace, heard some commotion in the area next to the Victoria Memorial [and] looked to my right, the guy ran out into the middle of the square with a knife at his neck.

“Within a few seconds he was surrounded by police horses and officers on foot. Less than two minutes later a car came with officers with Tasers.

"One stood in front of him and the other went around from behind and discharged the Taser then the police got him on the floor, kicked the knives away and put him in the back of a van.

“He was shouting but it was quite unintelligible. Police were clearly telling him to drop the knife and instructing public to get back."

A video posted online showed Mr Rehman standing alone near the Victoria Memorial.

A mounted policewoman yelled at the crowds to move back as he held one of the blades to his throat. As the officer pointed the Taser in his direction he lurched at him, waving the knives in the air.

As he fell to the ground he was quickly surrounded by officers who checked him over before carrying him away.

Eyewitness Kevin Burrows, 33, a kitchen porter from Kingston, Surrey, said, “The crowd had been pushed back behind a barrier but he came at the police. He was threatening them with knives.

“The police saw him and acted very quickly. They surrounded him within seconds. I saw the shot fired. It took a couple of seconds for him to hit the ground.

“I've never seen anything like it before. I didn't expect that, I didn't expect it whatsoever.”

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were at Sandringham at the time of the incident.

In the last three years, police have used Tasers on at least 78 people to stop them killing or hurting themselves, according to figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws.

Photos

Talhat Rehman holding a knife to his neck before being tasered outside Buckingham Palace

Moments after the man holding a knife to his neck was tasered outside Buckingham Palace

A man holding a knife to his neck has been tasered outside Buckingham Palace during the Changing of the Guard ceremony

A hat and 2 Knives lie on the road where a man was tasered outside Buckingham Palace in London

A pair of trainers at the scene of the tasering outside Buckingham Palace

A scenes of crime officer documents evidence at the scene between the Queen Victoria Memorial and Buckingham Palace

[albondigas]

Originally Posted by WinglessAngel ↗

Is the lady cop yelling "Ladies and Gentlemen phones down"?

Yep. Chilling.

[DiamondSmiles]

Originally Posted by Johnny Wadd ↗

Serves him fuckin' right

In the Us he'd of died in a hail of lead

Suicide is illegal in most states, not sure if all here.

Murder is, too! What to do! What to do!

[InbredMidget]

Should have attacked him with some bacon.