- A man has been tackled by armed police outside St Paul's Station in London
- Another man ran away from the officers, according to an eye witness
- Westminster is on high alert after a car ploughed into cyclists outside Parliament
This is the moment a man was tackled to the ground by armed police outside St Paul's tube station - hours after a suspected terror attack on London's Parliament.
A white man wearing in denim shorts and work boots is suddenly thrown to the ground by armed police officers, the footage from Tuesday afternoon shows.
A witness named Adam, an air conditioning worker, was at the scene when the man was dragged to the ground.
He said another man escaped and was chased by police.
The man in shorts and Nike trainers was brought down to the floor as he was arrested by armed officers near London's St Paul's Station
The teenager, who did not know if the incident was related to this morning's Westminster terror attack, said: 'I was on my break when I saw two vans pulling up and then another police car.
'They tackled the man right outside of the station.
'They arrested him and started chasing the other guy.
'Apparently there were two of them but the other one ran off.
Armed police were seen at the scene in video footage. It is unclear why the man was arrested but witnesses say they were told to clear the area
Police were filmed at the scene as they attempted to clear the area - hours after another terror incident in Westminster
'They blocked the whole street and asked us to leave.
'To be honest I was shocked. I thought 'what's going on here?'
Westminster remains on high alert after a man ploughed into a police point outside the House of Parliament.
He has been arrested but is not co-operating with officers.
The man, who is in his late twenties, is refusing to speak to detectives about why he carried out the shocking carborne rush hour attack outside Parliament this morning.
Scotland Yard said today he was not known to their counter-terrorism officers or MI5 but security sources say the suspect, from the Birmingham area, was known to police in the West Midlands.
The vehicle police say he 'deliberately' used as a weapon was registered in Nottingham but written off by insurers late last year before being put back on the road and sold again eight weeks ago.
Police were seen running down the street from St Paul's Station after another man this afternoon
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