Emergency providers have been referred to as to the Palace of Westminster, the place a person has scaled one of many buildings carrying a Palestinian flag.

A barefoot man was seen stood on a ledge a number of metres up Elizabeth Tower, which homes Massive Ben.

The Met Police stated officers have been referred to as to the tower at 07:24 GMT on Saturday.

“Officers are on the scene working to carry the incident to a protected conclusion,” the pressure stated.

No less than 9 emergency service autos lined Bridge Road in central London and crowds regarded on from past a police cordon.

At round 10:00 GMT, three emergency personnel have been lifted a number of metres up on a fireplace brigade aerial ladder platform, with one individual utilizing a megaphone to talk to the person on the ledge.

The intruder had stated as he filmed his climb that he was protesting in opposition to “police repression and state violence”.

After he received into the grounds of Parliament, he walked up some steps, shortly climbed onto a railing and up the aspect of Elizabeth Tower.

At one level he took his sneakers off to allow him to climb increased to a ledge. He had injured his toes, and patches of blood could possibly be seen on the stonework of the tower.

The person was noticed inside minutes by police on the bottom, who requested if he was in a position to get down safely. He responded: “I am protected.”

Bridge Road, which is on the north finish of Westminster Bridge, was closed to permit the emergency providers to take care of the incident, police confirmed.

Westminster Bridge was additionally closed, the Met stated.

It’s understood one exit of Westminster Tube station is closed, however there is no such thing as a disruption to Tube providers and passengers can use different exits.

Excursions of the Parliamentary Property have been cancelled as emergency providers reply to the incident.

The parliamentary spokesperson stated: “Parliament takes safety extraordinarily significantly, nonetheless, we don’t touch upon the specifics of our safety measures or mitigations.

“On account of this incident, excursions of the Parliamentary Property at this time have sadly needed to be cancelled.”

A spokesman for London Hearth Brigade (LFB) stated they have been responding to the incident alongside the police.

Crews from Lambeth, Chelsea, Soho and Islington fireplace stations have been deployed, LFB stated.

The London Ambulance added that it had despatched an ambulance crew, an incident response officer, and members of its hazardous space response crew (HART) to the scene.