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Police raid Birmingham property in connection with London attack

Armed police have carried out an overnight raid on a Birmingham property, which was reportedly linked to the attack in Westminster on Wednesday.

They launched a late-night raid on a second-floor flat above a row of shops on Hagley Road in Birmingham. Witnesses have said three people were taken away by police. 

The cordon in place after armed police officers raided a flat on Hagley Road in Birmingham - Credit: Caters News
The cordon in place after armed police officers raided a flat on Hagley Road in Birmingham Credit: Caters News

Mark Rowley, the Met's senior anti-terror officer, said six addresses have been raided in London, Birmingham and elsewhere overnight.

At the scene of the Birmingham police raid one witness said: "The man from London lived here."

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