They stabbed a man in front of the British Home Office | Chronic

A man was seriously injured Thursday with a knife in front of the headquarters of the British Ministry of the Interior. Police arrested a person while she was investigating the motive for the attack.

"The police found a knife-wounded man" The metropolitan police said in a statement quoted by Euronews. "Injuries are treated as a threat to life" he added.

Due to the fact that occurred at 13 (9 in Argentina) on Marsham Street, Westminster, another man was arrested, on whose identity there is no detail.

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"A man suspected of serious bodily injury has been arrested and taken to a police station and investigations are being conducted into the exact circumstances of the incident," the official said. The sources indicated.

The police cordoned off the streets and ordered the Interior Ministry staff to stay inside.

According to The Sun newspaper, the victim would be a ministry official.

Priti Patel, secretary of the Interior, said on Twitter about it, where he said that the attack was "horrible" and "not provoked."

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The images taken on the scene show a middle-aged man with blood on his face and abdomen.