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Heathrow Airport live: Armed police arrest man after 'number of people sprayed'
Officers are still searching for more suspects, after armed police arrested a man at a Heathrow Airport car park on suspicion of a "pepper spray assault". A total of 21 people have been treated, with five taken to hospital. Travel has been disrupted in the area. Follow the latest below.
An armed police officer has been pictured responding to this morning's disruption at Heathrow Airport.
The image, which is believed to have been taken from inside a car in the Terminal 3 multi-storey car park, shows a number of officers travelling on foot with weapons.
One man was arrested at the scene after a number of people were sprayed with a form of pepper spray.
Armed police respond to ‘pepper spray’ assault at Heathrow
Armed police have responded to an incident at Heathrow Airport in which a number of people were attacked with pepper spray.
Victims were taken to hospital following the disturbance which happened at around 8.10am on Sunday morning.
One man has been arrested on suspicion of assault, but most of those involved are believed to have fled the scene.
Scotland Yard said they were not treating the incident as terrorism and believed it followed an argument involving two groups of people known to each other.
Footage posted on social media showed armed officers running to the scene as travellers arriving at the airport were told to stay in their vehicles.
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Police respond to ‘serious incident’ at Heathrow as train lines disrupted
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Police are on the scene after a ‘serious incident’ at Terminal 3 car park
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Trains and buses to the transport hub were halted on Sunday morning as police rushed to reports of a “serious incident†in the Terminal 3 car park.
A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said: “Our teams are responding to an incident with the emergency services in the multi storey car park in Terminal 3. We will provide updates shortly.â€
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