According to Metropolitan Police, a man was tasered after attacking people with a shoe horn at a London mosque.
After being tasered, the man was arrested and taken into custody at the central London police station.
According to the Mirror, a witness said the man, who was aged in his 30s, came to the entrance of the mosque and began “shouting abuse and threats”.
Regents park mosque now I just don’t understand this world pic.twitter.com/lMmQKKlZIL
— maria idrissi (@zee_hadid) June 21, 2017
#RegentsPark This ain’t gonna stop is it.. police had to teaser him down.. pic.twitter.com/C0hk6ksZyM
— RafatPlayDirty (@RafatPlayDirty) June 21, 2017
“The item being waved was found to be a shoe horn taken from the mosque. The incident is not being treated as terrorism-related at this time. Officers are keeping an open mind regarding any motivation for the incident,” said a Met Police spokesperson.
This article originally appeared on The Independent
