A man has been taken into custody on suspicion of assault following an incident at a Heathrow Airport car park where multiple individuals were sprayed with what is believed to be pepper spray. The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that 21 people required medical attention for their injuries, with five of them subsequently transported to the hospital.
The incident, which occurred at the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3, involved a dispute among a group of acquaintances that escalated into a physical altercation. Authorities stated that other suspects are currently being sought in connection with the assault. Millenium TV has learned that emergency services were dispatched to the scene at 08:11 GMT on Sunday morning.
Witness Tom Bate was waiting for a lift when he observed “young men dressed in black darting through the crowd” before exiting through a side door. He recounted, “As soon as they left people started coughing, and then I started to cough. I felt a burning at the back of my throat.” Describing the arrival of law enforcement, he remarked, “It was an amazing thing to see the police running to danger. I’m so glad to hear now that it’s not terrorism because it felt like I was in the middle of an attack – it was pretty intense.”
Another passenger, Fin Fraser, who had just arrived from the US, described a “surreal experience” as he witnessed “armed police running around and checking people’s vehicles” while he attempted to leave the car park. He explained, “When they came to ours, they knocked on our window and told us to wind it down and then they looked inside the car.” Calling it a “surreal experience,” he added, “It felt like I was in a James Bond movie.”
Millenium TV can report that the Metropolitan Police are treating this as an isolated incident and have ruled out any links to terrorism or protest activities. The car park, which was temporarily closed due to the incident, reopened by 11:30 GMT. However, the disruption extended to rail services, with the Heathrow Express and sections of the Elizabeth Line experiencing suspensions on Sunday morning before operations resumed later in the day.
Heathrow Airport has advised passengers to allocate additional travel time and to verify flight information with their respective airlines. Due to significant congestion on local roads following the event, the airport is also recommending the use of public transport. Airport staff were seen distributing bottles of water to passengers awaiting buses from Terminal 3, where some families reported waiting up to three hours for shuttle services to the long-stay car park, a journey that typically takes 15 minutes.
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