How police snared Westminster terror suspect: MI5 and cops tracked man on CCTV as undercover officers followed him on the Tube before they caught him with 'rucksack of knives'
Armed police flooded Whitehall this afternoon and tackled a terror suspect 'armed with rucksack of knives'
Scotland Yard confirms man has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a knife and preparing terrorism
The 27-year-old man was tracked by covert officers after getting off the Underground at St James's Park
Witnesses say a team of officers appeared 'like a swarm of bees' and the man did not resist as he was arrested
It comes just 36 days after five people were killed in a terror attack by an Islamic extremist in the same area
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By Richard Spillett and Martin Robinson and Alexander Robertson and Paddy Dinham For Mailonline
Published: 09:46 EDT, 27 April 2017 | Updated: 09:02 EDT, 28 April 2017
The terror suspect who was detained with a 'rucksack full of knives' near Parliament square had been tracked on an intricate web of CCTV cameras by police and MI5.
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