By Windsor Castle intruder sectioned under Mental Health Act
An intruder who broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day carrying a crossbow has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
On Sunday night a video emerged on social media of a masked man with a crossbow vowing to “assassinate the Queen”.
The video, obtained by The Sun, shows a man in a black hooded jumper wearing a white mask saying: “I’m sorry for what I’ve done and what I will do. I will attempt to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family.”
The man goes on to say that this is “revenge” for those who have died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, as well as those who have been “killed, humiliated and discriminated on [sic]” on account of their race.
This refers to the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, otherwise known as the Massacre of Amritsar, when British troops opened fire on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab region of India.
In a statement issued on Sunday night, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “A 19-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon.
“Security processes were triggered within moments of the man entering the grounds and he did not enter any buildings.
“Following a search of the man, a crossbow was recovered. The man was taken into custody and has undergone a mental health assessment – he has since been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and remains in the care of medical professionals.”
Buckingham Palace has refused to comment.
