Protester arrested for disturbing Britain’s Prime convoy

Written by Angella Semu

Boris Johnson, the British prime minister escaped a car crash unharmed after a protestor run into his car outside Parliament on the afternoon of Wednesday 17 June.

Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed the incident.

Reports revealed that the accident happened when a protester who was demonstrating about Turkey’s operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq ran out into the Prime Minister’s convoy when he was leaving the parliament building via the gates of Westminster Palace.

This led to the damage-only collision of the two of the vehicles in the prime Minister’s convoy.

A report by CNN revealed that Johnson was travelling in the car at the time of the accident and he has escaped unhurt.

The man has however been arrested for offences under Section 5 of the Public Order Act and for obstructing the highway and police have refused to disclose further details of the man

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).