Police put Tate Modern on lockdown and arrest a teenager after a child ‘fell from height’ at the London art gallery and was airlifted to hospital
- The gallery on the south bank of the Thames is ‘on lockdown’, visitors say
- A boy was injured in a fall from a height and has been airlifted to hospital
- A teenager has been arrested in connection with the incident, Met Police say
The Tate Modern art gallery in London is ‘on lockdown’ according to reports from visitors, with no-one allowed in or out, after a young boy was injured in a fall for which a teenager has been arrested.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘Officers are in vicinity of Tate Modern following an incident this afternoon.
‘A child fell from height and is being taken to hospital by London’s Air Ambulance.
‘We await an update on his condition.
‘Teenager has been arrested in connection with the incident.’
The Tate Modern gallery on Bankside, where a teenager has been arrested after a boy was airlifted to hospital following a fall from a height
One gallery goer tweeted: ‘ Currently locked in the Tate Modern, no one allowed in or out.’
Another said online that for ten minutes ‘lots of screaming and shouting’ had preceded the arrival of the air ambulance.